Radical Meets Devotional in Amor Artis Chorus and Orchestra's FRENCH MASTERWORKS

RADICAL MEETS DEVOTIONAL: FRENCH MASTERWORKS FOR LENT

Church of the Holy Trinity, 213 West 82nd Street Saturday, March 4, 3 pm. Tickets $35 / $25 Students & Seniors

Amor Artis Chorus and Orchestra will perform Lent-inspired motets in the sparkling acoustic of Holy Trinity Church. Conducted by Artistic Director Ryan James Brandau, the program will feature Poulenc's Quatre Motets pour un temps de penitence, Litanies à la Vierge Noire, and Quatre petits prières de Saint François d'Assise; Charpentier's Litanies à la Vierge; and works by Rameau and Manchicourt.

"Though separated by two and a half centuries, Charpentier and Poulenc share a colorful approach to harmony," Maestro Brandau says. "A certain daring with dissonance unites them, especially when setting music for penitential times. I'm delighted to explore these haunting, idiosyncratic voices with Amor Artis and some of New York's finest early music players."

For more information and tickets, go to www.amorartis.org or call 646 771-0393

Amor Artis is an elite chamber chorus dedicated to illuminating the relationships between early, modern and contemporary music. It has premiered many important works for New York audiences and has issued more than 50 recordings, spanning works of five centuries. Maestro Brandau is artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica and Monmouth Civic Chorus. He is on the faculty of Westminster Choir College, where he has prepared the choir for performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra.

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