MUSIC FOR THE EVE OF ASCENSION

Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Gregory of Nazianzus
Rogation Wednesday (the Eve of the Ascension)

Gregory of Nazianzus

Almighty God, who has revealed to your Church your eternal Being of glorious majesty and perfect love as one God in Trinity of Persons: Give us grace that, like your bishop Gregory of Nazianzus, we may continue steadfast in the confession of this faith, and constant in our worship of you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.


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7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Online ticket sales for tonight’s concert have closed. The doors will open and ticket sales will resume at 6:30pm.

The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, the period instrumentalists of St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and soloists Eric Brenner, Lawrence Jones, Mark Bleeke and Daniel Moore perform music by Bach and Vivaldi. Daniel Hyde conducts.

J.S. Bach РWer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37
J.S. Bach – ‘Lutheran’ Mass in G minor, BWV 235
Intermission
Vivaldi – Introduzione e Gloria, RV 588

Described by John Eliot Gardiner as “emollient and graceful, a halfway house between a minuet and a waltz, affirming a more serene side to faith”, Cantata 37 (He who believes and is baptised) was Bach’s first cantata composition for the feast of the Ascension. In his ‘Lutheran’ Mass in G minor, Bach looked to himself for inspiration, deriving its opening from his cantata 102, while the other two choruses and three arias are taken from cantatas 187 and 72.

The lesser known of Vivaldi’s two settings of the Gloria, RV 588 was composed in the early 1700s, a fascinating time for sacred music. With the opera genre flourishing, audiences began to expect church music to live up to the expressive, theatrical music they heard at the opera house ‚Äì no more plainchant or unaccompanied polyphony. This Gloria neatly reflects the change in style.

Tickets:
$75 – Prime
$55 – Preferred
$40 – General Admission (Unassigned seating)
$30 – Student/Senior (Call 212-664-9360 to order)
$30 – Prime Obstructed View
$20 – Preferred Obstructed View


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