Seattle Bach Choir: Singet Dem Herrn

Claudio Monteverdi — Beatus Vir
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Missa Brevis in F major K. 192
Johann Sebastian Bach — Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225
Georg Philipp Telemann — Selected works

The program opens with Monteverdi’s Beatus Vir, a light-hearted narrative of voice and violin duets and trios in a modern style reflective of the composer’s stile concertato. Then, Mozart’s Missa Brevis in B-flat, one of several of his “diminutive” masses composed during his early years in Salzburg.

Georg Philip Telemann’s Laudate Jehovam is a short psalm setting from his last creative period. Singet dem Herrn is one of Bach’s six surviving motets, arguably the most ambitious and musically complex. Its three-movements for two choirs of equal voices is based on several texts from Psalms 103, 149, and 150.

Preconcert lecture at 2:30 by Dr. Anne Lyman.

Tickets: $18 ($15 senior/student)

About Seattle Bach Choir

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