A Renaissance Evensong

Poetry and Early Music to celebrate the season! Join us for this free online premiere where we can enjoy music and verse together, from the safety of our own homes.

Inspired by the meditative quality of the traditional Anglican Evensong, CRSP's "A Renaissance Evensong" embraces music and poetry outside the bounds of traditional liturgy as we make space for contemplation in the dark of winter.

Choral selections include Medieval and Renaissance repertoire along with a setting of the "Ubi caritas" text by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978).

Our instrumentalists from String Theory Music Collective include baroque violinists Andrea Neumann and Louise Stuppard (who are also STMC's Co-Artistic Directors), baroque cellist and gamba player Joan Kent, and CRSP conductor Jane Perry at the harpsichord. They have chosen three works of the Baroque era: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Trio Sonata, BWV 527: Adagio e Dolce; Thomas Augustine Arne (1710 - 1778)Trio Sonata in G, op. 3 no. 2

Largo, Largo---Allegro; and Christopher Simpson (1602/1606 - 1669)

"Pavan" from Suite in D Major from "Ayres for 3 viols"

Our Evensong will also include readings from three Calgary poets, Weyman Chan, Cassy Welburn and Roberta Rees. Two of the three felt inspired to write brand-new poems specifically for this concert presentation.

All in all, "A Renaissance Evensong" will provide a space where the listener's imagination can flow with the currents and eddies of a breadth of artistic expression --- where all of us can enjoy the warmth of human creativity on one of the longest nights of the year.

Online via YouTube.

Presented by: Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players

Genre: Choral