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Oregon Repertory Singers: The Armed Man
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We're excited to begin our season with a concert exploring themes of war and peace through choral music spanning over three centuries. Barber's Agnus Dei and Carissimi's Missa L'homme arme a 12 complement the Portland premiere of The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins. The Armed Man features the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and internationally renowned organist Jonas Nordwall.
A choral arrangement of his own well-known and well-loved Adagio for Strings, Barbers Agnus Dei (1967) uses the Latin liturgical text which repeats have mercy on us and grant us peace. Agnus Dei sets the stage for the themes of war and peace explored throughout the concert. The captivating and cathartic piece will be familiar to most listeners, as both Agnus Dei and Adagio for Strings are frequently placed in in films and television shows.
We'll also perform both the Sanctus and Agnus dei movements from Giacomo Carissimis Missa Lhomme arme. With these excerpts, the choir will introduce the main themesboth musical and topicalof the concerts titular work. Lhomme arme is a French secular song from the Renaissance period whose text warns that the armed man should be feared. The memorable melody has been used as the musical foundation for many mass settings, including both Carissimis and Jenkins.
Finally, we will present the Portland premiere of The Armed Man by Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins. Subtitled A Mass for Peace and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this work expands upon the Ordinary of the Mass, adding nontraditional elements to create a rich and unique musical depiction of war and, ultimately, a hopeful wish for peace that crosses boundaries of time, borders, and cultures. Jenkins juxtaposes the well-known and often-quoted Renaissance folk song lhomme arme against prayers for peace from around the world: the Islamic call to prayer, excerpts from the Bible and the Mahabharata, and works by Rudyard Kipling, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Hiroshima bombing survivor Sankichi Toge. ORS performs this beautiful cross-cultural mass with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and internationally renowned organist Jonas Nordwall.
This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, and is sponsored by BizTek People, Inc.
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LocationFirst United Methodist Church (View)
1838 SW Jefferson
Portland, OR 97201
United States
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