2009 - 2010 The 25th Anniversary Concert Season
CONCERT I
Commissions and Social Consciousness
James MacMillan: Cantos Sagrados
Gary Davison, organist
Nicholas White: Visions of Jerusalem
Nicholas White, conductor
Bruce Neswick: Ave Maris Stella
Bruce Neswick, conductor
Gary Davison: Flowers in the Snow
Gary Davison, conductor
with Roger Isaacs, countertenor
Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 7:30 pm
CONCERT II
Spirit and the Spirit of Youth
A Mass Compilation
Kyrie: Antonin Dvorak, Mass in D major, Op. 86
Gloria: Francis Poulenc, Mass in G major, Op. 89
Credo: Frank Martin, Mass for Double Choir
Sanctus/Benedictus: Zoltan Kodály, Mass
Agnus Dei: Joseph Rheinberger, Mass in E-flat major, Op. 109
Eric Plutz, organist
Young Composers' Contest Winners
featuring selections of past winning compositions from Cantate's biennial contest
Andrew Foreman: Psalm 69
Judah Adashi: Elegiac Madrigals
Matthew Arndt: Agnus Dei
Composer-in-Residence Compositions
Maurice Saylor: Two Slumber Songs
from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Andrew Earle Simpson: The Sparrow Song
Andrew Earle Simpson, piano
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm
CONCERT III
Choral Tours de Force
Arnold Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden, Op. 13
Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs, Op. 47
Claude Debussy: Trois Chansons
Samuel Barber: Reincarnations, Op. 16
Igor Stravinsky: Mass
with dance by Bowen McCauley Dance and newly commissioned choreography by
Lucy Bowen McCauley, Director
Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Terrace Theater
2700 F Street NW
Washington, DC
GUEST APPEARANCES
Engagements with the Folger Consort
In Dulci Jubilo: A German Christmas
Friday, December 11, 2009 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 13, 2009 - 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 7:30 pm
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm
Sunday, December 20, 2009 - 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm
201 East Capitol Street, S.E., Washington, DC
Main Phone: 202-544-4600
Box Office: 202-544-7077
Fax: 202-544-4623
Guest Appearance
Virginia Chamber Orchestra Emil de Cou, Music Director
Winter Concert
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Cantate will perform Purcell's Welcome to All the Pleasures
program also includes Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Ernst Community Cultural Center, NVCC Annandale
8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA
Final program posted July 20, 2009; updated November 30, 2009
