Interfaith Concert: Celebrating Esther

March 16th, 2014
Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square

 


Program

Kun fa ya Kun, God says Be and it Is (Islamic text set to medieval conductus)

“Esther” from Women of Valor by Andrea Clearfield, soprano duet with instruments

O frondens Virga, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) soprano solo

Ave Regina Caelorum, Isabella Leonarda (1620-1704) SATB

Abendfeier in Venedig, Clara Schuman (1819-1896) SATB

Mein Stern, Clara Schumann, soprano solo

Esther (1718) Act III by George Frederic Handel (1685-1756)


Further information

Isabella Leonarda
Clara Schumann
Hildegard of Bingen