Concerts at Saint Thomas Presents Music for the Feast of the Ascension

Concerts at Saint Thomas will give the season's final performance with the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys on May 9, singing music written for the Feast of the Ascension. The program features Bach's Cantata 37, his first written for the Ascension, and his 'Lutheran' Mass in G minor, as well as Vivaldi's lesser-known setting of the Introduzione e Gloria, RV 588.

The choir will be joined by soloists Eric S. Brenner, Lawrence Jones, Mark Bleeke, and Daniel Moore, and accompanied by period instrumentalists from the Orchestra of St. Luke's.

Bach's Cantata 37 "He who believes and is baptized" has been described as "Emollient and graceful, a halfway house between a minuet and a waltz, affirming a more serene side to faith," by English Conductor, John Eliot Gardiner. The lesser known of Vivaldi's settings of the Gloria, RV 588, was composed in the early 1700s and is known for being the more musically challenging and intricate of the two versions.

The Choir of Saint Thomas Church produces a polished, powerful and balanced sound that for sacred music is about the best that New York has to offer.

The New York Times

LISTING INFORMATION

MAY 9, 2018 | WEDNESDAY at 7:30 pm

MUSIC FOR THE EVE OF ASCENSION
Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue at West 53rd Street

The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys

Eric S. Brenner, Countertenor

Mark Bleeke, Tenor

Lawrence Jones, Tenor

Daniel Moore, Baritone

Daniel Hyde, Conductor
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble?

PROGRAM
Wer da gläubet und getauft wird (He who believes and is baptized), BWV 37 - J.S. Bach
'Lutheran' Mass in G minor, BWV 235 - J.S. Bach
Introduzione e Gloria, RV 588 - Antonio Vivaldi

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