Pärt & MacMillan: Modern Choral Masterpieces
$25 advance, $35 at the door
- Karl Robson, organ
- Christian Lane, conductor
"Silence is the space within music, and that is where the magic happens." — Arvo Pärt
Arvo Pärt and James MacMillan are two of the world's great living composers, and The Emmanuel Choir is proud to offer a program of modern choral masterpieces by these brilliant craftsmen. Estonian Arvo Pärt, who celebrates his 90th birthday this year, has held the distinction of being the world's most-performed living composer for most of the past decade — and his music is largely cast in a minimalist style utilizing tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented in the 1970s. Sir James MacMillan is the preeminent Scottish composer of his generation, and is "...a composer so confident of his own musical language that he makes it instantly communicative to his listeners" (The Guardian). In addition to other works from their oeuvres, featured on this program will be two very different settings of the Mass Ordinary: Pärt's sublime Berliner Messe (1990) and MacMillan's textured and colorful Mass (2000), written for Westminster Cathedral.
About The Emmanuel Choir (Baltimore)
A fully-professional mixed-voice ensemble, its 12-member core is augmented by four Choral Scholars, each a local music student. Rooted in the great and expansive choral traditions of the Anglican (Episcopal) Church, the Emmanuel Choir's repertoire spans the centuries—from Italian Renaissance to English Romantic; from plainsong to the 21st Century—and includes regular world-premiere performances of new music composed for the Church of today and tomorrow.
The choir is led by Christian Lane, Director of Music.
https://www.emmanueldowntown.org/the-emmanuel-choirAbout Music at Emmanuel (Baltimore)
Music at Emmanuel features a full season of concerts and special liturgies with The Emmanuel Choir – together with a chamber music series, Tuesdays at Six – and a series featuring our ensemble-in-residence, Mount Vernon Virtuosi.
https://www.emmanueldowntown.org/concertsAbout Karl Robson, organ
Karl Robson is the Director of Music at St. John's Episcopal Church, Norwood Parish in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He completed undergraduate work magna cum laude with departmental distinction in Church Music and Organ Performance at St. Olaf College, where he was a student of Dr. Catherine Rodland. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts as well as the Master of Music in Organ Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with David Higgs.