Remaining Concerts, 2008-2009 Season


Mozart Requiem and Missa Brevis in C (The Sparrow Mass)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 8:00 pm

With Marvis Martin, soprano, (Requiem), Deborah Feldman, soprano (Missa Brevis), Christina Wilcox, mezzo soprano, Mark Bleeke, tenor, Kevin Deas, bass

Beethoven Mass in C and Dvorak Te Deum

Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Featuring Dennis Keene’s new organ transcriptions.

With Elizabeth Blancke-Biggs, soprano, Eugenie Grunewald, mezzo soprano, Yeghishe Manucharyan, tenor, Timothy Mix, baritone, Mark Kruczek, organ

Masters of the English Renaissance

Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 8:00 pm

We will journey from antique chants and works of the late Medieval and early Renaissance periods through master compositions of the two "giants" – Tallis and Byrd – and straight up to the advent of the Baroque. Other composers include Farrant, Tye, Gibbons, and Weelkes.


Concerts already performed this season:

Special Opening Concert at Carnegie Hall
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 7:30 pm in Zankel Hall

Johann Sebastian Bach Choral Favorites

Including Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen from the Christmas Oratorio, Lass, Höchster, uns zu allen Zeiter des Herzens Trost from Cantata 181, Ihr seid, die Gesegneten des Herrn from Cantata 196, Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namen from Cantata 148, and the profoundly beautiful motet O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht.

Performances of the winning compositions in the Annual Sorel Medallion Competition


Special Instrumental Concert
on the 100th Birthday of Olivier Messiaen

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm

Les offrandes oubliées
Paul Kim, piano
 
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Paul Kim, piano, Curtis Macomber, violin, Jonathan Spitz, cello, Alan Kay, clarinet
 
Les Enfants de Dieu and Dieu parmi nous (La Nativité du Seigneur, 1935)
Méditation VIII (Méditatons sur le Mystère de la Sainte Trinité, 1969)
Les Ressuscités et la Lumière de Vie (Livre du Saint Sacrement, 1984)
Chants d’Oiseaux (Livre d’orgue, 1951)
Offertoire (Messe de la Pentecôte, 1950)
Prière du Christ montant vers son Père (L’Ascension, 1933)
Jon Gillock, organ

 

Candlelight Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 8:00 pm

Please note, children under 8 should not attend.

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at the Piano, Vienna, 1789.   Jos. Lange (1751-1831).  Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria
Photo credit: Alinari / Art Resource, NY
Portrait of Beethoven
Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, 1446-1515
Photo credit: Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY


Voices of Ascension performing at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City


art for Messiaen concert

L'Ortolano (G.B. Benvenuti, 1485-1527), Nativity with Saints Francis, Magdalene, and John, Galleria Doria Pamphili, Rome
Photo credit: Alinari / Art Resource, NY