The evening service in Christian churches is known as vespers or evensong. Musical settings are traditionally calm and peaceful in nature, setting aside the toils and cares of the day in preparation for sleep.
The two major works on this program:
- Mozart’s Vespers (K. 339)
- Four movements from Rachmaninoff’s Vespers service
The other works on the program works are from the English evensong tradition:
- C.H.H. Parry’s “I Was Glad”
- Charles Villiers Stanford’s “The Lord is My Shepherd”
The Mozart is with small orchestra and organ, the Rachmaninoff are a cappella and the English pieces are with organ.
November 17, 2011 7:30 – 9:30pm : Choral Union & Concert Choir Fall 2011 Concert at Shryock Auditorium, SIUC