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Saint Philip’s Missa Brevis Premiere
May 7, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm MST
Ēriks Ešenvalds, an internationally renowned composer of choral and instrumental music, who will visit Tucson for the first time!
One of Saint Philip’s parishioners, Howard “Corky” Gabbert, in memory of Andrea Gabbert, and with the assistance of the Saint Philip’s Music Commission, has commissioned a new choral mass setting, and we are thrilled to share this music with you.
You are warmly invited to attend a free afternoon concert on Sunday, May 7 at 3:00pm, when Ēriks’ new work, the Saint Philip’s Missa Brevis, will receive its world premiere. The program will include another stunningly beautiful cantata by Ešenvalds, Passion and Resurrection. This unique program incorporates chorus, strings, trumpets, percussion, organ and soprano Asleif Willmer. The composer will offer a pre-concert talk in the church at 2:30pm, and you can meet him at a reception following the concert.
The celebration doesn’t stop here, though! The choir and ensemble will reprise the Saint Philip’s Missa Brevis on Sunday, May 14, at the 9:00am and 11:15am services. Come and hear this beautiful new mass sung in the context of the liturgy.