The Academy of Vocal Arts’ annual concert of sacred vocal music on WRTI 90.1 features time-honored favorites from different cultures, faiths and periods. AVA's award-winning Resident Artists perform selections by Bach, Handel, Mendelssohn, Rossini and more!
David Antony Lofton conducts the AVA Opera Orchestra and soloists. More about the Academy of Vocal Arts.
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