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THE ARTS2016—2017 SEASONSaint Peter’s Church is a welcoming and diverse evangelical catholic communion nourished by God and publicly engaged with others increatively shaping life in the city.

Throughout its century and a half years of service in and to the City of New York, the church has supported the finest of established andemerging artists and musicians. Help continue this tradition with a special gift today. Text @SPC #ARTSto 52014 or visit www.saintpeters.org/give/

JAZZSaint Peter’s has been known as “the first church of jazz” since 1965, when Pastor John Garcia Gensel was named “Pastor to the Jazz Community” by the congregation and the Lutheran Board of American Missions. Saint Peter’s Church has remained a home for jazz musicians and lovers of jazz ever since. Today, bassist and composer Ike Sturm serves as Director of Music for Jazz, leading the church’s internationally regarded Jazz Vespers, concerts, community and educational programs, and All Nite Soul festival.

ARTSculpture, textiles, paintings and fine objects permeate the public environments of Saint Peter’s Church. Some fifty years ago Elaine de Kooning began curating a gallery in the parish hall of the “old” Saint Peter’s Church. That tradition continues today in two modern spaces: the Narthex Gallery and the Living Room Gallery. Each presents a series of juried shows on themes related to modern life. The church’s permanent collection includes Louise Nevelson’s Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Arnaldo Pomodoro’s The Nail, Kiki Smith’s Crucifix and Dale Chihuly’s Macchia.

CLASSICALMusic is a living tradition at Saint Peter’s. Whether in a liturgical setting or in a concert format, Saint Peter’s strives to further the many and various art forms commonly called “classical music.” Cantor Bálint Karosi oversees all of Saint Peter’s classical music programing, including a new concert series anchored by contemporary music group Argento in its inaugural year as Saint Pe-ter’s Ensemble in Residence. On Sundays a semi-professional choir presents works from Schütz to Ives, and the Passions and cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach.

DANCEIn an effort to witness to the beauty of movement and form, Saint Peter’s is committed to presenting dance in sacred settings. Luminaries such as Merce Cunningham and Ruth Meyer established dance at the church as a vibrant force, and the program is undergoing a renaissance today. Dance at Saint Peter’s focuses on classical form and dances of indigenous peoples, while Dance in Jazz is dedicated to improvisation as well as contemporary choreography.

All programming subject to change. Visit www.saintpeters.org for full listings.

Dara Bloom

CLASSICAL

DRAmA PER mUSICA 10.14.16 @ 8PmCoNCERT

ARgENTo ENSEmbLE 10.24.16 @ 7:30PmCoNCERT

CANTATA PRofANA:THE LovER IN wINTER01.20.17 @ 7:30PmCoNCERT

CHRISTmAS HoLY wEEk

ENSEmbLE ÉCHAPPÉ: 21ST CENTURY mUSIC 11.14.16 @ 7:30PmCoNCERT

bARoqUE mUSIC / moDERN DANCE PART 1: 10.30.16 @ 11AmPART 2: 11.27.16 @ 11AmPART 3: 12.11.16 @ 11Am mUSIC LIN LITURgY

mUSIC foR HARP, gUITARAND CImbALom 03.10.17 @ 7:30PmCoNCERT

REgER 101 03.19.17 @ 11AmmUSIC IN LITURgY

mEmoRIAL vESPERS06.10.17 @ 4PmmUSIC IN LITURgY

ENSEmbLE ÉCHAPPÉ: TImE05.01.17 @ 7:30PmCoNCERT

gEoRg PHILIPP TELEmANNZISCHET NUR, STECHET, IHR fEURIgEN ZUNgEN!06.04.17 @ 11AmmUSIC IN LITURgY

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Saint Peter’s newly-appointed professional vocalists present a commissioned cantata by Italian composer Gianluca Verlingieri, and J.S. Bach’s Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 and “Coffee Cantata,” BWV 211. They are joined by the period ensemble Antico/Moderno and guest ballet dancers, performing original cho-reography for each of the works. Cantor Bálint Karosi presents a pre-concert talk at 7PM.FREE

Argento is New York City’s premiere virtuoso chamber ensemble dedicated to championing contemporary cutting-edge composers and framing classical repertoire in new contexts. This concert features a world premiere compo-sition by Ann Cleare, and pieces by Salvatore Sciarrino and Karen Powers. Argento is the En-semble in Residence for the 2016—17 season. Watch saintpeters.org for additional concert dates. Presented by Lex54 Concerts.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25 $15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

From Adès’ The Lover in Winter flows wintry love and yearning: Brahms’ Two Viola Songs, Op 91, Schumann’s Three Romances, Pärt’s Es Sang vor langen Jahren, Foss’ Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, Crumb’s Night of the Four Moons. Presented by Lex54 Concerts.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25 $15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

Offered within a liturgical context, this cantata is performed much in the way Bach would have presented it in Weimar in 1714. Common-ly rendered in English “Savior of the nations, come,” it is derived from text and music by Martin Luther based on the Latin plainsong appointed for Advent, Veni redemptor gentium.FREE

Bach wrote this cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the final Sunday before Lent. Trans-lated “Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God,” the cantata is among the most sophisticated of Bach’s works. Its performance this day is made possible by the Philip Lange Memorial Fund.FREE

Twin brothers Brad and Doug Balliett premiere bassoon and double-bass concerto, Crypto-phasia. Jeffrey Milarsky leads Beat Furrer’s Ira-Arca (US premiere) alongside performanc-es of Nina Young’s bassoon pocket concerto, Nick Omiccioli’s push/pull, Jason Eckardt’s Flux, and Sky Macklay’s Lake Dublin. Present-ed by Lex54 Concerts.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25 $15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

Cantor Bálint Karosi and choreographer Roberto Lara pair Baroque composers with newly-conceived movement. The programs include music by Lutheran church musicians Johann Herman Schein, Dietrich Buxtehude, Matthias Weckmann, Heinrich Schütz and Franz Tunder. This series features a newly-constructed Organo Soave, the work of the Italian pipe organ builder Angelo Carbonetti.FREE

The Spectrum Symphony performs Bálint Karosi’s Triple Concerto for Guitar, Harp and Cimbalom (U.S. Premiere) and Ernst von Dohnanyi’s Concertino for Harp and Strings. The Spectrum Symphony is conducted by David A. Grunberg, featuring Melanie Genin, harp.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25 $15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

Max Reger, who died at age 43 on this day exactly 101 years ago, was among the most prolific and influential German composers for the organ. In comparison to his prominence in organ repertoire, Reger’s choral and orches-tral works are rarely heard. Acht geistliche Gesänge, Op. 138 and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, Op. 52/2 are presented during mass.FREE

This annual remembrance of “the others,” as author Henry James calls them in The Altar of the Dead, features music on the theme of death and life. In keeping with a long-standing tradition, the program is announced in Eastertide. FREE

This program includes the world premiere of Nina Young’s EarPlay, Fred Lerdahl’s Time After Time, John Harbison’s Mirabai Songs, and Matthew Ricketts’ Burrowed Time. The ensemble is joined by violist Jocelin Pan, so-prano Sharon Harms and harpist Emily Levin. Presented by Lex54 Concerts.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25 $15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

Pentecost Sunday is brought to life by the interplay of the “hissing” and “stinging” of the Holy Spirit as set for voice, oboe and contin-uo by Telemann, with new choreography for Dance at Saint Peter’s by David Fernandez.FREE

EASTER04.16.17 @11AmmUSIC IN LITURgYEaster Sunday’s festival Mass of the Resurrection features a collaboration between Dance at Saint Peter’s and Saint Peter’s choir, professional vocalists, and period orchestra. Featuring a newly-cho-reographed rendering of Handel’s joyful Easter cantata Let God Arise.FREE

gooD fRIDAY 04.14.17 @ NooN—3PmmUSIC IN LITURgYSaint Peter’s choir and period orchestra presents J.S. Bach’s Passion According to Saint John much as he would havepresented it within a liturgy for Good Friday. Cantor Bálint Karosi leads the performance from the harpsichord. The assembly is invited to participate in the singing of the chorales.FREE

Cantor Bálint Karosi is an award-winning Hungarian composer, concert organist, and recording artist. Prior to his appointment at Saint Peter’s he was Minister of Music at First Lutheran Church, Boston. Co-founder of Antico/Moderno, a period ensemble dedicat-ed to new works, Cantor Karosi is an expert in historic performance practice. He has performed widely in Europe and the United States. His recordings include J.S. Bach’s Clavier-übung III with the period vocal ensem-ble Canto Armonico. Forthcoming recording projects include Bach’s Kunst der Fuge andan album of his own compositions.

bálint karosi leads the choir most Sundays at the 11:00 mass. He is also featured as a composer, conductor, or performer on the following dates. See listings for details.

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CoNCERToS foR oRgANAND oRCHESTRA 11.04.16 @ 8PmCoNCERT Hungarian organist Janos Palur performs two concertos for organ and orchestra with Spec-trum Symphony of New York. The program pairs Poulenc’s masterful organ concerto with a new work by Bálint Karosi.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25 $15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

REqUIESCAT IN PACE 11.06.16 @ 11AmmUSIC IN LITURgYIntegrated into the liturgy for All Saints Sunday are two emblematic works for choir and orchestra. The medieval concept of “heavenly music” lies behind Aaron Jay Kernis’ cele-brated Musica Celestis. Plainsong chant is the inspiration for the masterful Requiem of French composer Maurice Duruflé. Made possible in part by the Katherine and Harry Busch Memorial Fund.FREE

Christmas Eve Vespers is an experience unique to Saint Peter’s, with jazz and classical musi-cians collaborating to present reflections on readings celebrating the mystery of the incarnation. The Mary and Harry Backstrom Memorial Fund provides funding for new works by Cantor Bálint Karosi and Director of Music for Jazz, Ike Sturm.FREE

CHRISTmAS EvE vESPERS12.24.16 @ 5PmmUSIC IN LITURgY

Christmas Eve ChristMass includes French Christmas carols and Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.314. Ballet dancers join Saint Peter’s choir, professional soloists, and period orchestra to evoke the work’s dancing shepherds, animals and angelic voices.FREE

CHRISTmAS EvE CHRISTmASS12.24.16 @ 11PmmUSIC IN LITURgY

This liturgy features Süsser Trost, min Jesus Kömmt, BWV 151, one of Bach’s most treasured Christmas cantatas which translates “Sweet comfort, my savior comes.” Though intended for Saint John’s Day, the third day of Christmas, the cantata’s libretto in praise of the Word made flesh is appropriate for Christmas day.FREE

CHRISTmAS DAY CHRISTmASS12.25.16 @ 11AmmUSIC IN LITURgY

bACH CANTATA:NUN komm, DER HEIDENHEILAND12.18.16 @ 11AmmUSIC IN LITURgY

bACH CANTATA:HERR JESU CHRIST, wAHR’ mENSCH UND goTT2.26.17 @ 11AmmUSIC IN LITURgY

goDwIN LoUIS bAND10.02.16 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

CHRIS DINgmAN10.16.16 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

SANDY STEwART & bILLCHARLAP10.19.16 @ 1PmmIDDAY JAZZ mIDTowN

JANET PLANET, gENEbERToNCINI, IkE STURm 02.05.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

JoEL fRAHm 02.12.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

mATT wILSoN 03.05.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

ARTURo o’fARRILL 03.19.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

fAbIAN ALmAZAN: RHIZomE04.30.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

NADJE NooRDHUIS06.18.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

SoNg LEADERS:mELISSA STYLIANoUCATHERINE RUSSELLCHANDA RULE

IkE STURm:DIRECToR of mUSIC foR JAZZ

mASS: JAZZ PASSIoN 04.09.17 @ 5PmJAZZ mASS

CHRIS DINgmAN HAbITAT foR HUmANITY bUILD foR UNITY 01.28.17 @ 8PmCoNCERT

RUDY RoYSToN01.15.17 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

JAZZ CoNNECT CoNfERENCE 01.05.17—01.06.17 ALL DAY

gENE bERToNCINI, IkE STURm,mELISSA STYLIANoU10.12.16 @ 1PmmIDDAY JAZZ mIDTowN

JP JofRE 12.11.16 @ 5PmJAZZ vESPERS

ALL NITE SoUL fESTIvAL 10.09.16 @ 7Pm—1Am

Saxophonist Godwin Louis creates music of great power and spiritual beauty. A gradu-ate of the Berklee School of Music and the Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute, Mr. Louis was a finalist in the 2013 Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Saxophone competition.FREE

Chris Dingman was recognized as the Rising Star Vibraphonist of 2012 in the Downbeat mag-azine Critics Poll. A superbly lyrical composer and improviser, Mr. Dingman’s five-part suite The Subliminal and the Sublime was fundedwith support from the Doris Duke Foundation.FREE

Sandy Stewart, a former child star of radio and TV and a popular singer with a distinctly jazz touch, is joined by her son, the elegant jazz pianist Bill Charlap, whose recent album on Columbia Records is a series of duos with Tony Bennett.SuggESTEd dONATION: $10

This trio of musicians has been playing to-gether for 20 years. Guitarist Gene Bertoncini started out with Carmen McRae in the 60s. He was the All Nite Soul honoree in 2014 and is a vital contributor to Saint Peter’s musical life. Bassist Ike Sturm says of Janet Planet, “she’s legendary in the Midwest as a true working singer, always evolving and reaching for new ideas.”FREE

One of the most recognizable voices on the tenor saxophone, Joel Frahm performs with a virtuosic strength and fluidity. Mr. Frahm has seven albums as a leader, including a 2004 duo recording with his longtime collaborator Brad Mehldau entitled Don’t Explain.FREE

Drummer and bandleader Matt Wilson has performed as a leader or sideman on over 250 albums, and has been a featured performer at The White House and Jazz at Lincoln Center. A creative musical and educational force in the wider jazz community, he frequently lends his uplifting spirit to Jazz Vespers and concerts at Saint Peter’s. FREE

Grammy® winning pianist and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill is an indispensable contributor to musical life at Saint Peter’s. He is the found-er of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the performance and preservation of Afro Latin music. Mr. O’Farrill is also a celebrated composer, with commissions from Meet the Composer and Jazz at Lincoln Center.FREE

Havana native Fabian Almazan is one of the most accomplished pianists of his generation. He was voted #1 Rising Piano Star in the Downbeat 2014 Critics Poll, and is a frequent contributor to the musical life of Saint Peter’s. Mr. Almazan has been recording and touring with Terence Blanchard’s band since 2007. Rhizome is his project with singer Camila Meza and a string quartet. FREE

Australian-born trumpeter and composer Nadje Noordhuis possesses an emotive, lyrical style. Her warm tone and focused composi-tional approach create a sound that is uniquely her own. Ms. Noordhuis performs regularly with several big bands, including the Maria Schneider Orchestra.FREE

At Jazz Vespers, held every Sunday at 5PM, you can quietly take in the atmosphere while listening to great jazz. Or, if you choose to, you can also sing with us! Saint Peter’s has three very special artists that lead the congregation in jazz singing. Melissa Stylianou tours inter-nationally with the acclaimed “Duchess” vocal trio and leads her own band monthly at NYC’s renowned 55 Bar. Grammy® winner Catherine Russell has worked with David Bowie and Steely Dan, and her new album Harlem on My Mind is now out on the Jazz Village label. Chanda Rule is an ordained interfaith minister and international performer. She received the 2015 Hudnut Award from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University for her ser-mons combining music, poetry and story.

MELISSA STyLIANOu pERFORMS 10.12.16 ANd 11.13.16CATHERINE RuSSELL pERFORMS 04.02.17 CHANdA RuLE IS ARTIST IN RESIdENCE MAy 2017

Andy Tecson’s Jazz Passion receives its debut in New York thanks to a grant from the ELCA. Premiered in Chicago in 2010, this work fea-tures a libretto by Pastor David Abrahamson. It is performed by an ensemble made up of New York and Chicago musicians.FREE

Awaken your spirit of service with a concert and call to action. Internationally celebrated vibraphonist Chris Dingman and bassist Ike Sturm present new chamber works to support the vital interfaith mission of Habitat for Hu-manity NYC.SuggESTEd dONATION: $25$15 FOR SENIORS ANd STudENTS

A formidable drummer and longtime collab-orator of choice for guitarist Bill Frisell, Rudy Royston’s compositions brilliantly meld his var-ied musical influences. Royston’s debut album as a leader, 303, received critical acclaim from Downbeat and the New York Times.FREE

The 2017 Jazz Connect Conference, with a theme of “The Family of Jazz,” will feature a series of essential workshops, panels and events held over the course of two days. The conference is presented by JazzTimes and Jazz Forward Coalition. FOR REgISTRATION ANd SCHEduLINg vISIT: www.jAzz-CONNECT.COM

Guitarist Gene Bertoncini, vocalist Melissa Stylianou, and bassist Ike Sturm share a mu-sical bond that transcends generations. Their interplay manifests in a dance of improvised melodies and arrangements of Great American Songbook standards.SuggESTEd dONATION: $10

Argentine composer and bandoneón player JP Jofre captivates audiences with a powerful form of contemporary tango. Mr. Jofre has lent his musical voice to a global cast of artists, and has been featured in the Great Performers series at Lincoln Center.FREE

The first All Nite Soul was held in 1970 to com-memorate the fifth anniversary of Jazz Vespers at Saint Peter’s. It is now the longest-running jazz festival in New York City, featuring some of the greatest musicians in the world every October. This year, Saint Peter’s Church is partnering with WE ACT for Environmental Justice to call attention to environmental issues impacting quality of life in Harlem.

5pMJazz Vespers with Ike Sturm + Evergreen FREE

7pMBilly Hart GroupArturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz OrchestraKate McGarry & Keith GanzRudy Royston’s 303Lauren Sevian QuartetSuggESTEd dONATION: $40

Photo: Anna Yatskevich

Chanda Rule

Melissa Stylianou Catherine Russell

An accomplished bassist and leading composer of sacred jazz works, Ike Sturm designs and cu-rates innovative programs at Saint Peter’s Church. As Director of Music for Jazz, Sturm compos-es music for weekly liturgies and has toured the U.S., Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Norway with his band, Evergreen. His Jazz Mass was awarded 4 1/2 stars by Downbeat magazine and was named one of the “Best CDs of the Year.” The same magazine described his 2015 Shelter of Trees album as “undeniably beautiful.” Ike Sturm performs on the following dates:

Jazz Vespers before All Nite Soul: 10.9.16 Midday Jazz Midtown: 10.12.16Jazz Vespers (with Evergreen): 11.6.16Jazz Vespers (with Evergreen): 1.8.17

Concert (with Chris Dingman): 1.28.17Jazz Vespers: 2.5.17Easter Jazz Mass (with Evergreen): 4.16.17Pentecost Jazz Mass (with Evergreen): 6.4.17

Arturo O’Farrill

David Fernandez

Maggie Segale

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moSAIC PASSovER ART II: SYmboLS of JUDAISm09.25.16—12.27.16

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SARAH SEARS: woRkS07.06.17—09.25.17

bARbARA kINg: RIbboN mEDITATIoNS 09.22.16—11.07.16

CHRISToPHER RICo:vIA DoLoRoSA (THE wAY of SoRRow)03.16.17—04.28.17

kImHAN (SUkYUNg kIm): ovER THE RAINbow05.11.17—06.26.17

LEAH oATES: TRANSIToRY SPACE07.06.17—08.21.17

mARINA PRESToN: fLIgHT 11.17.16—01.09.17

EvA mARIE fITZSImmoNS: REvIvAL01.19.17—03.06.17

DRAmA PER mUSICA10.14.16 @ 8Pm

SECoND SUNDAY of EASTER04.23.17 @ 5Pm

This exhibition, dedicated to remembering Jewish traditions, is a rare opporunity to view the work of accomplished contemporary

vICToR kALIN: JAZZ gREATS01.12.17—03.27.17 Victor Kalin (1919-1991) was an artist, pho-tographer and musician best known for his illustrations for magazines, books and record albums. This show features a selection of watercolors of jazz musicians.

JULIET mARTIN: mY EYES ARE DowN HERE04.06.17—06.27.17 This show seeks to present symmetric gender power. Handwoven cloth depicts headless female bodies. Embroidered eyes on breasts and loins proudly look back at those who would objectify them.

Reflecting on the interior lives of people and animals, this installation presents work inspired by the book of Ecclesiastes and the Triple Crown races. Each piece makes use of intaglio printmaking, which allows for deep blacks and striking contrast.

Via Dolorosa (The Way of Sorrow) is a medita-tion on the Stations of the Cross by the South Carolinian artist Christopher Rico. Rather than attempting likenesses of the Divine, the paintings offer the viewer an open space for contemplation.

For Kimhan (Sukyung Kim), the incidental objects of daily life participate in a symphony of form and color. This sensitivity of attention al-lows Kimhan to transform and harmonize space with the use of unexpected materials in her art.

Barbara King’s mixed media art occupies an intersection of American culture, politics and spirituality. Ribbon Meditations was created in response to the “support our troops” ribbons ubiquitous from the Iran hostage crisis through the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and other applica-tions since.

The Transitory Space series articulates the ef-fects of time and a continual human imprint on urban and natural environments, as captured in the photographic image.

These mixed-media paintings show the Rio-born artist working with the transformative energies of archetypal shapes and symbols. These works are a document of an existential quest that has taken Preston across three continents to New York City.

Eva Marie Fitzsimmons’s work broadly exam-ines the effect of time on architecture, memory, and painting. It also considers the reversal of time—via revival or restoration—to make things new again.

David Fernandez and Roberto Lara create cho-reography for a newly commissioned cantata by Italian composer Gianluca Verlingieri, and two of J.S. Bach’s delightful secular cantatas. The program showcases Saint Peter’s pro-fessional vocalists and the celebrated period instrumental enseble Antico/Moderno. FREE

bARoqUE mUSIC / moDERN DANCEPART 1: 10.30.16 @ 11AmPART 2: 11.27.16 @ 11AmPART 3: 12.11.16 @ 11Am This series explores dance in sacred settings by pairing 17th century church music with contemporary choreography. The first program is baroque, the second makes use of masks and the final is neoclassical.

gIfTS of LIfESUNDAYS of EASTER04.16.17—05.28.17 @ 11AmNew York-based choreographers and dancers present seven programs on the theme of “Gifts.” Each artist in this series explores the relationship of movement to space, composi-tion and form within Saint Peter’s modernist Sanctuary.

ADvENT SUNDAYS @ 5Pm11.27.16—12.18.16Dance in Jazz presents its third annual Advent solo series. Each Jazz Vespers during Advent features a different improvisational guest dance artist working interactively with the featured band.

LENTSUNDAYS @ 5Pm03.05.17—04.02.17Movement and sound accompany spoken, scripture-based poetry coveying Lent’s promise of renewal and new life. A dramatic candle-lighted cross, at the center of which is a mosaic icon of the Heart of God, provides focus to the solos and duets.

Hannah Barnard presents an original work for four dancers to accompany Jackson Berkey’s Cantate 2000. The Chamber Choir of the Pitts-burgh School for the Choral Arts is joined by Ike Sturm, bass, Zaneta Sykes, marimba, and other instrumentalists.

PENTECoST SUNDAY06.04.17 @ 5PmEmily Petry, Gwendolyn Petry and Hannah Barnard collaborate to create structured move-ment improvisations. Each peace is performed interactively with members of Evergreen, play-ing compositions from Ike Sturm’s most recent album Shelter of Trees.

CHRISTmAS 12.24.16 @ 11PmIn a work inspired by the Paris Opera’s chore-ography for Nutcracker, dancing shepherds, animals and angelic voices are evoked in a performance of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.314.

PALm / PASSIoN SUNDAY04.09.17 @ 11AmAt the beginning of Holy Week, Abril Anchondo presents a solemn and joyous processional as part of the Liturgy of the Palms. Choreogra-pher Roberto Lara offers Via Crucis, a somber work after Mikhail Fokine’s Dying Swan, set to Saint-Saëns’s Le Cygne.

THE gREAT vIgIL of EASTER04.15.17 @ 9PmA troupe of amateur dancers portray the new life celebrated by the most ancient of Chris-tian liturgies. Professional vocalists and the church’s Creative Proclamations provide the canvas for this unique and innovative Spanish/English bi-lingual presentation of the appoint-ed readings.

CULTURAL EmbRACEPART 1: 01.08.17 @ 11AmPART 2: 01.15.17 @ 11AmPART 3: 01.22.17 @ 11Am

This series presents traditional dance from a variety of cultures as a means of confronting racism. The first program features Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, the second features Forces of Nature Dance Theatre and Redhawk Dancers, and the final program Bharatanatyam Dance.

PENTECoST SUNDAY06.04.17 @ 11Am

Choreographer David Fernandez evokes the onomatopoeic “hissing” and “stininging” of Georg Philipp Telemann’s Zischet nur, stechet, ihr feurigen Zungen! and the libreto’s double spirits: one, the Holy Spirit and the other, a second, evil spirit.

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dANCEmosaic artists from around the globe. Present-ed in conjuction with the Museum of Biblical Art Dallas and National Institute for Mosaic Art.