Red Shift presents Earthly Monuments and Divine Majesty:
Fasch - Mass for 16 Voices & Kõrvits - Hymns from the Western Coast
*Featuring Pre-Concert Talks with Estonian Composer Tõnu Kõrvits
Saturday, February 9, 2019:
Recital Hall - LSU School of Music - Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Pre-Concert Talk @ 6:30 p.m.
Concert @ 7:30 p.m.
Guest Artist Series - Free Admission
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Sunday, February 10, 2019:
St. Joseph Cathedral - 401 Main Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Pre-Concert Talk @ 2:15 p.m.
Concert @ 3:00 p.m.
$20 General Admisison/$5 Students
Please join the premier professional choir of Louisiana for our February concert series as we shift backwards in time to perform Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch’s Mass for 16 Voices (4 unique choirs), a monumental masterpiece of thrilling vocal fireworks from the late 18th century, and shift heavenwards with the divine majesty of Estonian composer Tõnu Kõrvits’s Hymns from the Western Coast, featuring the saxophonists of Quartetto Obrigado.
Meet the composer for Q&A at talks prior to each concert:
“Tõnu Kõrvits is a rising star of Estonian contemporary music, more and more frequently performed in Estonia and foreign countries. Beside Veljo Tormis' shamanistic spells, Erkki-Sven Tüür’s energetic explosions and Arvo Pärt's religious contemplations, Kõrvits’ sound world stands out as highly poetic, full of visionary fantasies. His music carries the listener along on hypnotic journeys through the landscapes of nature and folk tradition, human soul and subconscious. Calm but suggestive melodies in his works are integrated into [a] rich and refined spectrum of harmony and timbre colours.” - Estonian Music Information Centre
Dedicated to resonant, innovative storytelling, Red Shift is a professional choir of exceptional artists from throughout the nation that offers audiences new perspectives of sound and meaning in our shared world. In addition to providing the southern region with access to post-modern classical repertoire and dynamic content, Red Shift strives to foster an appreciation and advocacy in our audiences of choral art music that transcends the expected and celebrates a diversity of time periods, styles, languages, spiritual traditions, and cultures. Our initiatives to achieve these educational aims include research, commissioning and publication of new music, community presentations, exhibitions, and discussions, and interaction and engagement with our audiences. Recent honors include featured performances for The College Music Society National Conference in Vancouver, B.C. and for the Louisiana American Choral Directors Association Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Red Shift
resonant storycraft / amplified perspectives