Bernstein and Hagenberg

Name: Bernstein and Hagenberg
Start: 2024-10-03T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Countryside Community Church

Schedule

Thu Oct 03 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Countryside Community Church | Omaha, NE

Join us for a transformative musical journey featuring Bernstein's iconic Chichester Psalms and Hagenberg's breathtaking Illuminare.
The one-night-only event pairs a masterwork choir with a consort of professional instrumentalists from the Omaha Symphony and artist-faculty and young artists of the Omaha Conservatory of Music, all conducted under the masterful baton of Barron Breland.
ARTISTS
A. Barron Breland, conductor
Martín Prieto, treble
Lauren Morrissey, soprano
Jamie Luedtke, alto
Jon Gathje, tenor
Seth Pierce, tenor
Henry Jenkins, concertmaster
Résonance Festival Choir
Creighton University Chamber Choir; Matt Hill, director/conductor
Midland University Choir; Joel Johnston, director/conductor
Sing Omaha Master Chorale; Matt Hill, director/conductor
Résonance Consort
PROGRAM
ELAINE HAGENBERG Awake, My Soul
ELAINE HAGENBERG Illuminare
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
Illuminare is Elaine’s first extended work, consisting of five movements for chorus and chamber orchestra. Using lesser-known sacred Latin, Greek, and English texts, the piece takes us through a season of beauty and goodness that has been disrupted by darkness and confusion. But as Light gradually returns, hope is restored, illuminating our future and guiding us in peace.
Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms is a choral work in three movements with text from the Hebrew Book of Psalms, each movement pairing a complete psalm with excerpts from another. It blends elements of traditional church choral music with Jewish liturgical styles. While Bernstein was known for his Broadway works, Chichester Psalms leans towards a more hopeful and accessible style, though it still retains some of his signature jazzy moments. The piece is known for its historical significance, as it was likely the first time music with Hebrew text was performed at the Vatican.
Presented in collaboration with Creighton University.