March 18–19, 2023
Resident Artists perform a selection of sacred music with Master Vocal Coach David Antony Lofton, conducting the AVA Opera Orchestra.
Two performances only in Bryan Mawr and Rittenhouse!
March 18, 2023 – Bryn Mawr, Church of the Redeemer
March 19, 2023 – Center City, Church of the Holy Trinity
“Quia fecit mihi magna” from Magnificat, Wq 215, H.772 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 – 1788)
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
“Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” from Matthäus-Passion (St Matthew Passion), BWV 244 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
“Schon eilet froh” from Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3 | Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809)
Duetto (Andante): “Jesu, was hab’ich getan?” from Grabmusik, K. 42 | W.A. Mozart
Grand Mass in C Minor: Laudamus te |W.A. Mozart
“Nun scheint in vollem Glanze der Himmel” from Die Schöpfung, Hob. XXI:2 | Joseph Haydn
“Ye people, rend your hearts” and “If with all your hearts” from Elijah | Felix Mendelssohn
Recitative, Aria, and Duet: “Was hast du mir getan” from Elijah | Felix Mendelssohn
“Hear ye, Israel!” from Elias (Elijah), Op. 70, MWV A 25 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 – 1847)
INTERMISSION
“Domine Deus” from Petite messe solennelle | Gioachino Rossini (1792 – 1868)
Duet from Messa di Gloria | Gioachino Rossini
Pie Jesu | Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918)
Trio: “Tecum principium,” from Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12 | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
“Allmächt’ger Vater” (Prayer) from Act V of Rienzi, WWV 49 | Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
“Easter” from Five Mystical Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
L’Extase de La Vierge: “Rêve infini, divine extase” from La Vierge, IJM 248 | Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912)
The Lord is My Light | Frances Allitsen (1848 – 1912)
The AVA Orchestra is generously sponsored by the David A. and Helen P. Horn Charitable Trust