BRATTLEBORO-The Brattleboro Camerata presents “I Stand Here and Sing,” featuring the music of Bach and Hassler, Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Brattleboro Music Center.
The 4 p.m. program includes Hans Leo Hassler’s “Dixit Maria” and “Missa super: Dixit Maria,” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Jesu, meine Freude,” BWV 227.
Camerata Music Director Jonathan Harvey called the program “music to fill the spirit, with moods ranging from anxiously furious to tranquil and loving.”
The program explores the musical connections between Hassler, one of the originators of German Baroque style, and Bach, “arguably its pinnacle and last great practitioner.,” said organizers in a news release.
“This is a cry for music to be an agent of peaceful change amid the chaos and malice of our world today,” Harvey continued. “The concert title, ‘Ich steh hier und singe,’ or ‘I stand here and sing,’ is from the Bach piece, in a particularly defiant and desperate moment, where the full text states, ‘Rage, world, and attack: I stand here and sing in secure peace.’”
The Brattleboro Camerata is a small vocal ensemble “devoted to exploring the beauty and power of Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music,” according to information on their website. The Camerata’s performances “breathe new life into old music.” With Harvey directing, organizers said, “the Camerata endeavors to ensure that early music continues as a visceral, living tradition.”
Tickets are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door and are available online at bmcvt.org, by calling the BMC at 802-257-4523, or emailing info@bmcvt.org.
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