Music for Holy Week
March 13, 14, 15, 2015
Bay Choral Guild’s March program presents a collection of unaccompanied works from various eras composed for the Christian Church’s most sacred liturgies. Written to be sung on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter, our set of a cappella anthems includes pieces by Anton Bruckner, John Tavener and Thomas Weelkes.
Palm Sunday
Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
Pueri Hebraeorum – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ride on King Jesus – Moses Hogan
Maundy Thursday
O sacrum convivium – Olivier Messiaen
Tristis est anima mea – Carlo Guesualdo
Ubi Caritas – Paul Mealor
Good Friday
Hear My Prayer O Lord – Henry Purcell
Crucifixus – Lotti
Drop, drop, slow tears – Graham Ross
Lamentationes de Jeremais – Alberto Ginastera
——— Intermission ——--
Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)
Song for Athene – John Tavener
Stabat Mater – Juan Gutierrez de Padilla
Christus factus est – Anton Bruckner
Cantate Domino – Claudio Monteverdi
Easter Day
The Sun Rose – Caroline Hinshaw
Surrexit pastor bonus – Orlando Di Lasso
Haec Dies – William Byrd
Osterhymne – Josef Rheinberger
Read the program notes by artistic director Sanford Dole.
Join us for a preview lecture a half hour before each concert.
Palm Sunday
Hosanna to the Son of David – Thomas Weelkes
Pueri Hebraeorum – Tomás Luis de Victoria
Ride on King Jesus – Moses Hogan
Maundy Thursday
O sacrum convivium – Olivier Messiaen
Tristis est anima mea – Carlo Guesualdo
Ubi Caritas – Paul Mealor
Good Friday
Hear My Prayer O Lord – Henry Purcell
Crucifixus – Lotti
Drop, drop, slow tears – Graham Ross
Lamentationes de Jeremais – Alberto Ginastera
——— Intermission ——--
Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil)
Song for Athene – John Tavener
Stabat Mater – Juan Gutierrez de Padilla
Christus factus est – Anton Bruckner
Cantate Domino – Claudio Monteverdi
Easter Day
The Sun Rose – Caroline Hinshaw
Surrexit pastor bonus – Orlando Di Lasso
Haec Dies – William Byrd
Osterhymne – Josef Rheinberger
Read the program notes by artistic director Sanford Dole.
Join us for a preview lecture a half hour before each concert.