Devotion (featuring Fauré’s Requiem), with A Far Cry

Friday, January 29, 2016 at 8 PM
Old South Church, Boston
Presented by A Far Cry
Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 7:30 PM
UVM Recital Hall, Burlington, VT (University of Vermont)
Presented by University of Vermont Lane Series

Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-1560): two motets on texts from the Song of Songs
Ortus conclusus es
Descendi in ortum meum

Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-1560): two motets on texts from the Song of Songs
Ortus conclusus es
Descendi in ortum meum

Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur (1908-2002): Le Cantique des cantiques (1952)

Jean Françaix (1912-97): Symphonie d’archets (1948)

I. Dialogue

1. Andantino misterioso

II. La Voix du Bien-Aimé

III. Le Songe

2. Andante molto

IV. Le Roi Salomon

V. Le jardin clos

3. Scherzo

VI. La Sulamite

VII. Épithalame

4. Allegretto assai

intermission

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924): Requiem, Op. 48 (1893 version)

Introit & Kyrie

Offertoire
soloist: David McFerrin

Sanctus

Pie Jesu
soloist: Margot Rood

Agnus Dei

Libera me
soloist: Paul Guttry

In Paradisum

BLUE HERON
Margot Rood, Sonja DuToitTengblad, Shari Alise Wilson, soprano
Jennifer Ashe, Pamela Dellal, Martin Near, alto
Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Mark Sprinkle, tenor
Paul Guttry, David McFerrin, John Taylor Ward, bass
Scott Metcalfe, director