Event
AF: Suffering : 150 PSALMS / Netherlands Chamber Choir
- Date: Sunday, 1 March 2020, 8pm
- Venue: St Francis Xavier's Cathedral (Adelaide) — 39 Wakefield St, Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
- Series: This event is part of the Adelaide Festival 2020 series
- Tickets: Adult: $79 | Friends: $67 | Conc.: $64 | U30: $35 | Student: $30 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
The dark night of the soul is explored in a fascinating and diverse programme including new settings by Elena Kats-Chernin and Kate Moore, Jean Berger’s gorgeous The eyes of all wait upon thee, Claudin de Sermisy’s psalm adapted from a chanson of jilted love, works by Mendelssohn, Albéniz, Huygens (the scientist’s son), and the poignant swansong, written at the height of WWI, by Hubert Parry, composer of Jerusalem.
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847), psalm 22, Mein Gott, warum
Philibert Jambe de Fer (1515–1566), psalm 25, A toi, mon dieu
Kate Moore (b.1979), psalm 3 (world premiere)
Jean Berger(1909–2002), psalm 145, The eyes of all wait upon Thee
Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), psalm 6, Domine in furore tuo
Otto Nicolai (1810–1849), psalm 31
Elena Kats-Chernin (b.1957), psalm 13 (world premiere)
Claudin de Sermisy (1490–1562), psalm 10, Don’t vient cela Seigneur
Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687), psalm 35, Dilataverunt super me
Costanzo Porta (1529–1601), psalm 142, Voce mea
Albert Becker (1834–1899), psalm 53, Die Toren sprechen in ihrem Herzen
Hubert Parry (1848–1918), psalm 39, Lord, let me know mine end
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| Psalm 13 (vocal music) by Elena Kats-Chernin — World premiere — performed by Netherlands Chamber Choir | |
| Psalm 3 : for mixed choir (2019) by Kate Moore — World premiere — performed by Netherlands Chamber Choir |
Featured artists
- Performer Netherlands Chamber Choir
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