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Rodion Shchedrin
Adèle-Marie Buis, Oboe
Recorded November 19 & 20, 2012, at The Monastery of the Holy Cross
“Shchedrin’s The Sealed Angel, performed in a glowing and revelatory performance by the Chicago Chorale led by Bruce Tammen Friday night in Hyde Park, may well be Shchedrin’s masterwork.”
- Lawrence Johnson
Chicago Chorale delivers Chicago’s Top Performance of 2012
Chicago Chorale garners the top spot in music critic Lawrence Johnson’s annual list of top performances at ChicagoClassicalReview.
“The Chicago Chorale is not a high-profile presence on the local music scene with Bruce Tammen’s ensemble only doing two or three programs a year. But artistic director Tammen’s extensive preparation was manifest in the remarkable performance of Rodion Shchedrin’s cantata The Sealed Angel in November. This largely unknown crypto-religious work is Shchedrin’s masterpiece, melding the Russian Orthodox past with an acerbic 20th-century bite. Under Tammen’s scrupulous direction, the Chicago Chorale delivered a glowing, idiomatically Russian and beautifully sung performance. This revelatory and transcendent evening at Hyde Park Union Church was the top performance of 2012.”
Chicago Chorale Artistic Director Bruce Tammen was honored with the Weston H. Noble Choral Award, from his alma mater Luther College, over the school’s homecoming weekend in early October. The Weston H. Noble Award has been given annually since 2004 to a Luther College alum for outstanding service in the field of vocal music education. The award is named after Weston Noble, a 1943 Luther College graduate, professor emeritus, and director of the Nordic Choir for 55 years.
Rodion Shchedrin
The Sealed Angel:
A Russian Liturgy
“Artistic director Bruce Tammen has offered some stellar performances with his 57-member chorus, but Friday night’s performance of The Sealed Angel at Hyde Park Union Church offered one of the most transcendent, beautifully sung and immaculately directed choral performances of this or any other year.”
Rodion Shchedrin The Sealed Angel: A Russian Liturgy
Friday, November 16, 8:00 pm
Hyde Park Union Church
Saturday, November 17, 8:00 pm
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
Bach Passion According to St. John
Sunday, March 24, 3:00 pm
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
A Century of A Cappella Music
Sunday, May 19, 3:00 pm
Monastery of the Holy Cross
Advent Vespers (Non-Subscription)
Sunday, December 9, 5:00 pm
Monastery of the Holy Cross
NEW RELEASE — The Sealed Angel
A new recording of a rarely performed master work.
“Artistic director Bruce Tammen has [...]St. John Passion Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes preparing for the Bach Passion According to St. John concert, Sunday, March 24, [...]
Grants & Foundations
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