Saturday, January 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church
924 Lake Street, Oak Park
Sunday, January 11, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Ascension Catholic Church
815 South East Avenue, Oak Park
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
324 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park
Winter 2009 Concert
Dona nobis pacem
In continuance with the holiday season's message of "Peace on earth," Heritage Chorale's winter program explores the theme "Dona nobis pacem" (Grant us peace). Accompanied by a full string orchestra and joined by soloists Douglas Anderson, baritone, and Kimberly McCord, soprano, the chorale will sing two masterpieces of the repertory: Gerald Finzi's reflective and pastoral In terra pax and Ralph Vaughan Williams's prescient and stirring Dona nobis pacem. Set to war poems by Walt Whitman and moving passages from the Old Testament, Dona nobis pacem offers a profound meditation on the ravages of war, the beneficence of simple deeds of human generosity, and a vision for lasting peace. Shorter a cappella works will complete the program.
Spring 2009 Concert
With Heart and Voice: Our Legacy
of Psalms and Spiritual Songs
The spring 2009 concert will be both a hymn to Music and an exploration of the riches of the Psalms--these wonderful texts that are common to two of our major religious traditions and are also meaningful to many seekers who do not have a connection to organized religion. The concert will showcase Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and works by renowned composer and Chicago resident Richard Proulx, among which will be a new work commissioned by Heritage. The program will also include pieces by Britten, Brahms, and Mendelssohn, among others.
