Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
with Baroque in the Fields, an ensemble of period instruments
David Shuler, director

In 1767, for the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Haydn composed his monumental Stabat Mater, the first church work he wrote after entering the service of Prince Esterházy at Eisenstadt in 1761. It is a work of similar length, gravity and meditative concentration to the Seven Last Words composed some 20 years later. The Stabat Mater was praised by his contemporaries and frequently performed during his lifetime, and it was published on such a large scale that it became his most well-known sacred work. Today the piece is seldom performed and even more rarely recorded, even though it contains some of the composer's most rich and deeply felt writing.

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Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
and the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble
David Shuler, director

Giovanni Gabrieli was the principal organist at San Marco in Venice, from 1585 until his death in 1612. His musical legacy is one of unsurpassed elegance and grandeur inspired by the elegant ecclesiastical architecture of this venerable institution. During Gabrieli’s lifetime, San Marco - not yet a cathedral - was the private chapel of the Doge, and was the epicenter of the sumptuous religious and civic celebrations that were so notably a part of Venetian life. Lavish ceremony required appropriate musical selections, and visitors to the city encountered splendid music and elaborate pageantry in the many feasts and celebrations unique to this gateway to the east. The program will include music from Gabrieli’s Symphoniae Sacrae - mass movements, motets (including the famous In ecclesiis) and canzonas, along with works of Gabrieli’s contemporaries.

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Come one, come all, to a concert featuring Alumni of the Bard College Conservatory of Music’s Graduate Vocal Arts Program!

Fresh from their successful endeavors in New York City, Boston, and the Hudson Valley, graduates from the past five years of the Vocal Arts Program return to Bard College on September 29th at 3:00pm for an hour-long concert in the László Z. Bitó ’60 Conservatory Building. Ten VAP alumni will present some of their favorite works in both the traditional and contemporary repertoires and in a wide variety of genres: opera, art song, chamber music, and musical theatre.

Admission is free; donations are encouraged.

All donations will be directed to the VAP Scholarship Fund and will directly benefit future members of the Vocal Arts Program.

Opera on Tap's New Brew heads to Michigan – that magical land where the cold never bothered us anyway. Actually we'll just be there in our minds. We'll really be at Barbés. 

Join us as we regale you with tunes written by Michiganders, sung by Michiganians and some other people who WISH they were from Michigan. Bell's Brewery is sponsoring, so swing by for some fantastic music, tasty pints and free schwag!

$10 suggested donation
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The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Thursday, January 25 at 8 pm

The Choir of St. Luke in the Fields
David Shuler, conductor

Miss Tu es Petrus and a selection of motets by Palestrina.

$35 general admission, $25 students/seniors.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://stlukeinthefields.org/