Event Details
Major Works Concerts with Concord Chamber ChoirBenjamin Britten - Rejoice in the Lamb
Hosting Ensemble: Cora Voce
Event Type: Concert
Event Website: http://www.coravoce.org/performance.htm#Winterlink
Ticket Prices: $18 General, $15 Seniors, Students and children free
Event Dates:
Saturday, March 11, 2017Mar 11, 2017, 7:30pm at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA
Sunday, March 12, 2017Mar 12, 2017, 3:30pm at Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA
Description
The words of the Cantata "Rejoice in the Lamb" are taken from a long poem by Christopher Smart, an eighteenth century poet, deeply religious, but of a strange and unbalanced mind. Written while Smart was in an asylum, the poem is chaotic in form but contains many flashes of genius. Britten sets a few of the finest passages; the theme of the cantata is the worship of God by all created beings and things, each in its own way. The Columbia Choir, directed by Steve Stevens, joins us in this concert.