Saturday, May 10, 2025 3:00-4:30
Market Street Music is excited to present "New Era Romantics" by its flagship ensemble, Mastersingers of Wilmington, featuring the astounding Requiem of Maurice Duruflé!
"New Era Romantics" explores the evolution of choral music in the first half of the 20th century. We begin in 1899 with Vierne’s Messe solennelle, a composition clearly from the Romantic era, and explore how, in the next 48 years, various composers explore new colorful and often modal harmonies, as well as newly-constructed scales, and musical sensibilities while still looking back to the 19th century for inspiration.
A reception at DE.CO will follow the concert. Come enjoy a drink on us and a chance to meet the artists!
With:
David Schelat, conductor
Thomas Gaynor, organ
Joanna Gates, mezzo-soprano
Program:
Messe solennelle (Solemn mass), Op. 16 (1899) by Louis Vierne
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Set 3 (1908-1912) by Gustav Holst
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Regale) (1945) by Herbert Howells
Intermission
Requiem (1947) by Maurice Duruflé
Concert at First & Central Presbyterian Church, 1101 N Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Market Street Music, enriching downtown Wilmington since the 1970s, offers a diverse and affordable array of concerts, featuring Thursday Noontime samplers, weekend Festival Concerts, and performances by its vocal ensembles, Mastersingers of Wilmington and Center City Chorale.
This organization is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.