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Poems, carols, and counterpoint, from Bach to Britten
New Amsterdam Singers begins the season with a concert featuring several beloved choral classics, including J.S. Bach’s motet for double chorus Ich lasse dich nicht, Morten Lauridsen’s ethereal O Magnum Mysterium, and Franz Biebl’s soaring Ave Maria for men’s voices. The women will perform Benjamin Britten’s much-loved A Ceremony of Carols, a 12-movement setting of medieval and Renaissance carol texts that offers a wide variety of musical styles and moods. Also on the program: Lauridsen’s Mid-winter Songs, based on poetry by Robert Graves, arrangements of Three Yiddish Songs by Viktor Ullmann, and Rosephanye Powell’s rousing The Word Was God.
| Ich Lasse Dich Nicht | J. S. Bach |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Morten Lauridsen |
| Mid-winter Songs | Morten Lauridsen |
| A Ceremony of Carols | Benjamin Britten |
| Ave Maria | Franz Biebl |
| Three Yiddish Songs | arr. Viktor Ullmann |
| The Word Was God | Rosephanye Powell |
Watch Music Director Clara Longstreth discuss the concert program: