Rejoice in the Desert

We're returning our focus to masterworks of the choral repertoire, featuring well-known classics and beautiful contemporary works.

The Arizona Masterworks Chorale's season concludes with Benjamin Britten's "Neo-Classical" (1943) cantata Rejoice in the Lamb, a set from guests The Masters Men's Choir of Phoenix, and a celebration of contemporary modern masterworks by Arizona composers including Kira Zeeman Rugen, Michael Hegeman, Michael McCabe, Paul Sautter, and our own Darren Herring.

Concert Program

Rejoice in the Lamb

A Cantata for Solists, Choir, and Organ
Benjamin Britten (1943)
from the poem “Jubilate Agno” by Christopher Smart
(c. 1763, published 1939 as “Rejoice in the Lamb: A Song from Bedlam”)

Guest Artists The Masters Men's Choir of Phoenix

Wankantanhon Hotan’ipe, arr.Linthicum-Blackhorse
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, arr. Alice Parker
Shenandoah, arr. Jack Schrader
Here Comes the Light, arr. John Yane
The Times They Are A-Changin’, Bob Dylan, arr. Adam Podd
Unclouded Day from “Heavenly Home”,  J.K. Alwood, arr. Shawn Kirchner

From Contemporary Arizona Composers

Kira Zeeman Rugen
Atmosphere
A Golden Thread Will Find You

Michael Hegeman
From Chansons by Guilliame DuFay, c. 1460
Se la face ay pale
La belle se siet
Adieu ces bons ins

Paul Sautter
Ademus Te, Christe

Michael McCabe
A Radiant Mercy Softly Lies
Hymn to St. Cecilia

Darren S. Herring
O Sacrum Convivium
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
May the Lord Bless You and Keep You

The program runs for about an hour without intermission.  It is subject to change without notice.