Opus 7: O Rising Dawn
$20-$40 (students pay-as-able); see event description for details
- Joseph Adam, organ
- Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar
Joachim Knoph — I sing of a Maiden that matchless is
Benjamin Britten — Ad majorem Dei gloriam (A.M.D.G.) ("II. Rosa Mystica")
Alice Parker — O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Peter Hallock — The Great "O" Antiphons (Antiphon 1: O Sapientia)
Bob Chilcott — Advent Antiphons ("II. O Adonai")
Rihards Dubra — O Radix Jesse
David Hurd — O Clavis David
Melissa Dunphy — O Oriens
John Muehleisen — The Great "O" Antiphons (O Rex gentium / O King of Nations)
Vytautas Miškinis — Seven O-Antiphons ("VII. O Emmanuel")
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Hodie Christus natus est
Alice Parker / Traditional — Il est né
Pierre Villette — O Magnum Mysterium
Peter Hallock — Prayer at Christmas
Peter Hallock / Traditional — Lullay, mine liking
Peter Hallock — The Lord is my light
Jeffrey Van — Christmas Lullaby
Damijan Močnik — Christus est natus
Jacob Malpocker — Silent Night (world premiere)
Opus 7 welcomes the holiday season with a stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas. Featured music for Advent and Christmas by Seattle’s Peter Hallock in celebration of the 100th-anniversary of his birth; eclectic settings of the "O Antiphons" by Peter Hallock, Bob Chilcott, Rihards Dubra, David Hurd, Melissa Dunphy, John Muehleisen and Vytautas Miškinis. The program also includes music for the season by Alice Parker, Joachim Knoph, Pierre Villette, Jeffrey Van, Damijan Moçnik, and the world premiere of Jacob Malpocker's arrangement of “Silent Night”.
Tickets:
Preferred Seating: $40 in advance
General Seating: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Seniors: $20 in advance, $24 at the door
Students: Pay as able at the door with student ID
About Opus 7
About Joseph Adam, organ
About Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar
Mark Hilliard Wilson is an active performer, teacher, and director of the Seattle Guitar Orchestra, which he founded in 1999. As cathedral guitarist at Seattle's St. James Cathedral, he has performed there weekly since 2006. Wilson has written or arranged more than 200 works, and avidly explores new venues for the performance of classical music while addressing contemporary issues through concert programming. Music has always been everything to Wilson, from the barrel organs he heard in his childhood in Holland to the symphony orchestras in Washington, DC and country bands in Weiser, Idaho. He continues to study and embrace the wonder of new places and the creativity of the wonderful artists of every stripe in the world.
https://markhilliardwilson.com/