St James @ Rush Hour
This early in the summer music season, I managed to miss the 1st Rush Hour concert at St James last week, but made the effort yesterday in the rain to hear a wonderful a-capella choir singing Spanish Renaissance pieces. The choir, 17 students from the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, were directed by fellow student Rachel Carpentier.
The first work was “Missa Ego Flos Campi” (1653) by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla. In a church like St James, the Kyrie through Agnus Dei were wonderful to hear. Then to wrap up the way-too-short concert was “Maria Magdalene” (1570) by Francisco Guerrero. There was a short encore with the choir lined up in front of the first pew, very good, but I don’t what it was.
Future Rush Hour concerts I’ll probably attend are:
June 15, Fulcrum Point
June 22, David Schrader organ & Robert Morgan oboe
June 29, 5th House plays Kevin Puts’ “Red Snapper”
Aug 3, 3rd Coast Percussion plays Paul Lansky’s “Threads”
Aug 10, CSO Cellos and soprano play De Falla
Aug 17, Xiaohui Ma plays erhu
Aug 24, Wind Quintet Attacca plays Janacek
I hope to see you there.
–
Bruce
