Yale Camerata Announces 'Peace On Earth' As Holiday Program
Yale Camerata Announces âPeace On Earthâ As Holiday Program
NEW HAVEN â Yale Camerata, conducted by Marguerite L. Brooks, will present its annual advent concert on Saturday, December 2, at 8 pm, in Battell Chapel.
The program, with orchestral accompaniment, will include music of J. S. Bach, Hans Leo Hassler, Felix Mendelssohn, Arvo Part, and a rarely heard mass of Hans Seydelmann. The concert will conclude, in its annual tradition, with the Willcocks arrangement of Gossâs See, amid the Winterâs Snow, with the audience joining in.
Franz Seydelmann (1748Â-1806), Kapellmeister at the Saxon court in Dresden, composed 36 masses for the court church. This performance of Mass No. 3 in C minor is a North American premiere, and is likely the compositionâs first performance in any country since Seydelmannâs death 200 years ago.
Vocal soloists for the concert will be drawn from the Yale Voxtet, students in the graduate voice program of Yale Institute of Sacred Music and Yale School of Music. Olav van Hezewijk will be soloist in Bachâs Concerto for oboe dâamore.
Founded in 1985 by its conductor, Yale Camerataâs approximately 60 singers are Yale graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff and experienced singers from the New Haven community. The Camerata performs a widely varied spectrum of choral literature, with a special commitment to choral music of our time.
The advent concert, sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
For more information, call 203-432-5062 or visit yale.edu/ism.