Mozart composed Ave Verum Corpus just six months before he died. In June 1791, his wife Constanze was pregnant with their sixth child. As was her habit when pregnant, she left Vienna to take the waters at the nearby spa in Baden. Mozart joined her a few days later and composed this short motet for an old friend – the music director of a tiny church in the town, who had looked after Constanze during her frequent trips to Baden.
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Mozart’s Mass in C minor – 2011
Enjoy excerpts of the repertoire and hear Noel and Rick chat about the concert and Mozart's unfinished Mass in C minor.
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Sacred Music for a Sacred Space 2011 Program Notes
Throughout his life, Healey Willan claimed he was born with the ability to read music. As a choir boy in England, he studied singing, piano, organ, harmony and counterpoint and by the age of eleven was conducting choir practices. Willan continued on the path of a church musician in London, delighted by his natural gift for music.
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Sacred Music for a Sacred Space – 2011
Listen to Noel chat with Rick about Healey Willan and the Sacred Music for a Sacred Space Good Friday concert
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Bach: St. John Passion Program Notes
The tradition of reading, reciting or performing the story of the passion of Jesus Christ, according to the four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John, during Holy Week, is ancient. Centuries ago, the long gospel tales were recited or chanted by a single clergy member in a declamatory, narrative style. But with all the different characters in the story, often in dialogue, a better method was devised where the pace of recitation was altered to distinguish the words of the characters, like Christ or Peter or Pilate.
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Bach’s St. John Passion – 2011
Listen to Noel chat with Rick about Bach's St. John Passion
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Festival of Carols -2010
Noel Edison chats with Rick Phillips about Festival of Carols
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2010-2011 Season and Podcasts.
TMC 2010-11 Season Preview
Rick Phillips and Noel Edison introduce TMC's 2010-11 season
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2010-2011 Season and Podcasts.