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Santa Fe Desert Chorale: From Bach to the Beatles
at The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi
Thursday, July 26, 2012 $20 - $55 3 Easy Ways to Buy Tickets Call (505) 988-1234 Stop By The Lensic Buy Online at TicketsSantaFe.org |
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This eclectic program, sung by all 24 voices of the Chorale, will include J.S. Bach’s Motet No. 1: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing to the Lord a new song), the second installment of the Bach Motet Project; the world premiere of Bradley Ellingboe’s setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem Pied Beauty; two movements from Vespers, by the Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (as a contrasting prelude to Rachmaninoff ’s Vespers, which concludes the season); and a lighter group of works, including Craig Hella Johnson’s arrangement of Dolly Parton’s Light of a Clear Blue Morning, a selection of South African freedom songs and a medley of songs by the Beatles, one of the most artistically acclaimed groups in the history of popular music. Ticket Prices: $20, $30, $45, $55 |
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