Sacred Songs: 500 Years of Motets

43300 Mission Blvd,Fremont CA 94539

12 June, 2022

Description

SFBACC explores commonalities and divergences in motets from across the centuries. As part of Old Mission San Jose's 225th Anniversary Festival Sacred Songs: 500 Years of MotetsSacred texts have inspired centuries of composers to create beautiful music. The a cappella motet tradition, in particular, often harkens back to the genre’s Medieval and Renaissance originators. Presenting new and old settings alongside each other makes commonalities apparent. Duruflé pulls contemporary harmonies out of the Gregorian “Ubi caritas” chant. Poulenc's “Timor et Tremor” and “Vinea mea electa” are harmonically wild in a similar way to Lassus' “Timor” and Gesualdo's “Vinea”. Sensibilities of Brahms' motet “Warum ist das Licht gegeben" are evidenced first in the motets of Schütz. PROGRAM: Ubi caritas - Anonymous Gregorian chant Ubi caritas - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) Locus iste - Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Gaude virgo - Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/1455-1521) Die mit Tränen säen werden, SWV 378 - Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) Warum ist das Licht, Op. 74, no. 1 - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Timor et tremor - Orlandus Lassus (c. 1532-1594) Vinea mea electa - Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) Timor et tremor - Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Vinea mea electa - Poulenc Beati quorum via - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Psalm 23 - Bobby McFerrin (b. 1950) Concert COVID protocols: Audience members must be vaccinated and must wear masks at all times. All SFBACC singers and the director have been vaccinated and boosted and will self-test on performance day. However, the choir cannot guarantee that all patrons will be vaccinated; unvaccinated individuals may be present as a result of, for example, exemptions or exceptions. None of these precautions eliminate the risk of exposure to COVID-19.