Jubilate! A concert of sacred music
Conductor: David Antony Lofton with the AVA Opera Orchestra
March 17–18, 2018
The Academy of Vocal Arts’ annual concert of sacred vocal music features time honored favorites from different cultures, faiths and periods. AVA’s award-winning Resident Artists will perform selections by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Rossini and more!
7:30 PM, Saturday, March 17, The Church of The Redeemer, Bryn Mawr – 230 Pennswood Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
7 PM, Sunday, March 18, The Church of The Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square – 1904 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Program
Johannes-Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Herr, unser Herrsher (Opening chorus)
Resident Artists
Johannes-Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Von den Stricken
Pascale Spinney, mezzo-soprano
Johannes-Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Ach, mein Sinn
John Matthew Myers, tenor
Joshua | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
The walls are leveled…see, the raging flames arise (recitative and aria)
Lukasz Zientarski, baritone
Alexander’s Feast | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Revenge, Timotheus cries
Anthony Whitson-Martini, baritone
The Creation | Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
And God said: Let the waters…Rolling in foaming billows (Rollend in schäumenden Wellen, recitative and aria)
Daniel Noyola, bass-baritone
Die Schöpfung | Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Und Gott sprach.. Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel (recitative and aria)
Nathan Milholin, bass-baritone
Paulus (St. Paul) | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Und wie sie ausgesandt…Laßt uns singen von der Gnade des Herrn (recitative and aria)
Rebecca Gulinello, soprano
Paulus (St. Paul) | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
Gott sei mir gnädig
Brent Michael Smith, bass
Stabat Mater | Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Quis est homo (duet)
Alexandra Razskazoff, soprano and Gabriela Flores, mezzo-soprano
Stabat Mater | Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Cujus animam
Oliver Sewell, tenor
Stabat Mater | Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Sancta mater (quartet)
Alexandra Razskazoff, soprano; Gabriela Flores, mezzo-soprano; Oliver Sewell, tenor; Brent Michael Smith, bass
INTERMISSION
Messa di Gloria | Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Christe eleison (duet)
Oliver Sewell, tenor and Matthew White, tenor
Requiem | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Hostias
Daniel Gallegos, baritone
Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Ingemisco
Marco Cammarota, tenor
Otello | Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Ave Maria
Vanessa Vasquez, soprano
Agnus Dei | Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Matthew White, tenor
La Vierge | Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912)
Extase de la Vierge
Claire de Monteil, soprano
Shadow of the Blues | John Musto (born 1954)
Litany
Hannah Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Five Mystical Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
Antiphon
Timothy Renner, baritone
Anthem of Dedication | Warren Martin (1916 – 1982)
Hannah Ludwig (mezzo-soprano solo) and Resident Artists
Meet the Artists
