ZEPHYRUS PRESENTS
Stella Maris: Music for Women’s Voices
Sunday, September 25, 2016
5:00 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Church
214 W. Beverley Street, Staunton
Friday, October 21, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 Rugby Road, Charlottesville
Sunday, May 21, 2017
4:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
1000 Langhorne Road, Lynchburg
This intimate concert features rarely-performed Medieval and contemporary music for women’s trio and quartet. The figure of Mary serves as the focal point, as contemplative music of the middle ages is seamlessly matched with music of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The program includes anonymous works from the fourteenth century, as well as music by Hildegard von Bingen, Leonel Power, Maurice Duruflé, Gavin Bryars, Ivan Moody, and John Tavener.
Admission to all three performances is free of charge. Donations will be accepted.
| Program | |
| O gloriosissimi, lux vivens, Angeli | Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) |
| O Maria, Maris Stella/O Maria virgo davidica | Codex las Huelgas (c. 1300) |
| Messe de Tournai: Kyrie | (c. 14th century) |
| Missa Alma redemptoris mater: Gloria | Leonel Power (d. 1445) |
| Altissima luce (2002) | Gavin Bryars (b. 1943) |
| Messa pro percussione, op. 122: Credo | Knut Nystedt (1915-2014) |
| Words of the Angel | Ivan Moody (b. 1964) |
| Sanctus: Divinum mysterium | Codex las Huelgas |
| Tota pulchra es | Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) |
| Agnus Dei: Virtute numinis | Anon. |
| O Maria, Stella Maris | Anon. |
| Benedicamus | Codex las Huelgas |
ZEPHYRUS PRESENTS
Veni Emmanuel: Music for Advent & Christmas
Friday, December 9, 2016
7:30 p.m.
Saint Paul’s Memorial Church
1700 University Avenue, Charlottesville
Saturday, December 10, 2016
3:30 p.m.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
7599 Rockfish Gap Turnpike, Greenwood
Our Christmas concert offers music for reflection on the true meaning of the season. This year an eclectic program has something for everyone: meditative medieval chant; Clemens non Papa’s serene setting of O Magnum Mysterium; the gorgeous Videte miraculum of Thomas Tallis; Francis Poulenc’s exuberant Hodie, Christus natus est; the mesmerizing Magnificat of John Tavener; and much, much more. Celebrate the season with the sounds of Zephyrus.
| Program | |
| Veni Emmanuel | Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) |
| Ave Maria | Jacob Handl (1550-1591) |
| Magnificat | John Tavener (1944-2013) |
| Alma redemptoris mater | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) |
| Videte miraculum (a6) | Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) |
| Praeter rerum seriem (a6) | Sethus Calvisius (1556-1615) |
| Puer natus est | William Byrd (1543-1623) |
| Qui creavit caelum | anon. |
| Duo seraphim | Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) |
| O magnum mysterium (a6) | Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555) |
| Hodie Christus natus est | Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) |
Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors age 65 and older, and $5 for students and children. They are available in advance from New Dominion Bookshop at 404 East Main St, Charlottesville; from Greenberry’s in the Barracks Road Shopping Center; and at the door.
ZEPHYRUS PRESENTS
Monteverdi at 450
Sunday, April 2, 2017
4:00 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 Rugby Road, Charlottesville
Saturday, April 29, 2017
8:00 p.m.
Saint Benedict Catholic Church
300 North Sheppard Street, Richmond
To celebrate the 450th anniversary of the birth of Claudio Monteverdi, Zephyrus presents a concert of music by the revolutionary composer who changed the course of music history. The centerpiece of the program is the stunning Missa in illo tempore, which Monteverdi published in the same volume as his famous Vespers setting, and which he intended as a demonstration of his mastery of traditional Renaissance counterpoint. A collection of his finest motets rounds out the program. For the Charlottesville performance, Zephyrus will be joined by the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, baroque violins, and organ.
Admission to both performances is free of charge. Donations will be accepted.