Music at Epiphany presents Requiem: Duruflé & Howells
$42.39
- Joseph Adam, organ
- Sarah Larkworthy, mezzo-soprano
- Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
- Zachary Hemenway, conductor
The Epiphany Choir will join with Seattle Symphony organist Joseph Adam to present two contrasting requiem settings. Perhaps one of the most beautiful settings of the requiem text, Maurice Duruflé's setting features sweeping and emotive writing for choir and orchestra and a virtuosic organ part. In contrast, Howells' setting is not strictly taken from the official requiem text, but is his own compilation of texts for unaccompanied choir, known for its haunting lines and lush harmonies. The concert will also include Josef Rheinberger's rarely-performed yet stunning Organ Concerto No. 2, which is always a crowd pleaser. Acclaimed local baritone Charles Robert Stephens and mezzo-soprano Sarah Larkworthy will be soloists.
About Music at Epiphany (Seattle)
Epiphany Seattle is fortunate to have an outstanding choir, a strong music staff, beautiful instruments, and wonderful spaces in which to make music. Music is a core strength of Epiphany, and we strive to uphold a standard of excellence in all of our musical offerings – both in terms of repertoire and performance. Our Music at Epiphany board was created to uphold that excellence, provide vision for the music program, and to sponsor world class concerts for our community. We hope that you will learn more about our musical life, and join us for a choral service or concert.
https://epiphanyseattle.org/about-our-music/About Joseph Adam, organ
About Sarah Larkworthy, mezzo-soprano
Sarah Larkworthy (she/her) is a mezzo-soprano and software engineer in Seattle, Washington. She is a student of José Luis Muñoz. Prior to moving to Seattle, she lived in the Washington, DC area, where she sang Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly with Baltimore Concert Opera and performed with the Potomac Vocal Institute. She has a BM in music and a BA in Physics from Oberlin College and Conservatory. Other notable credits include: La Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro and Micaela in La Tragédie de Carmen with Seagle Music Festival, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with Oberlin in Italy, and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas with Oberlin Conservatory. She can also be heard singing with the Seattle Symphony Chorale.
Outside of singing and staring at computer screens, she likes to cook, knit, roller skate badly, and make up new nicknames for her partner and cat.
About Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
Charles has enjoyed a career spanning a wide variety of roles and styles in opera and concert music. His performances have shown "a committed characterization and a voice of considerable beauty." (Opera News, 1995) At the New York City Opera he sang the role of Professor Friedrich Bhaer in the New York premiere of Adamo's Little Women, and was hailed by the New York Times as a "baritone of smooth distinction." Other New York City Opera roles since his debut as Marcello in 1995 include Frank in Die Tote Stadt, Sharpless in Madame Butterfly, and Germont in La Traviata. He has sung on numerous occasions at Carnegie Hall in a variety of roles with the Opera Orchestra of New York, the Oratorio Society of New York, the Masterworks Chorus, and Musica Sacra.
Now based in Seattle, Charles has sung with the Seattle Symphony, Tacoma and Spokane Symphonies and Opera Companies, Portland Chamber Orchestra and many other orchestras and opera companies in the Pacific Northwest. He joined the roster of the Seattle Opera in 2010 for the premiere of Amelia by Daron Hagan.
Recent collaborations with early music expert Stephen Stubbs include the role of Haman in Handel's Esther with Pacific Musicworks as part of the Seattle Handel Festival, Messiah with Portland Baroque and the role of Tiresias in the Boston Early Music Festival's lavish production of Steffani's Niobe, Queen of Thebes. A long association with Maestro Gary Thor Wedow has recently led to two performances with the Seattle Symphony: Messiah and "Opera Festival."
http://www.charlesrobertstephens.com/