March 2023

Troubled Waters: Choral songs of conflict and resilience

Schedule

8 pm Saturday, March 18, 2023
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, MA

8 pm Friday, March 24, 2023
Park Avenue Congregational Church
50 Paul Revere Road
Arlington, MA

5 pm Sunday, March 26, 2023
First Lutheran Church of Boston
299 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA

Conflict between people, and people's resilient response to it, has been reflected in choral music across the centuries. At these Oriana performances you’ll hear it – in music by Hildegard von Bingen, Thomas Tallis, Raffaella Aleotti, Heinrich Schütz, Felix Mendelssohn, Leonard Bernstein, Edwin Fissinger, Moses Hogan, and Ēriks Ešenvalds.

Program

Saint Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Sed diabolus in invidia

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Warum toben die Heiden?

Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585) Lamentations of Jeremiah (Part 1)

Raffaella Aleotti (ca. 1570-1646) Exurgat Deus (Psalm 68)

Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977-) There will come soft rains

arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) Deep river

arr. Moses Hogan (1957-2003) Wade in the water

Edwin Fissinger (1920-1990) Dover Beach

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) O Herr, hilf

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) Mein Sohn, warum hast du uns das getan?

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Hineh mah tov