Evening concert: MASS
with Davóne Tines, Calder Quartet
Calder Quartet
Benjamin Jacobson (violin)
Tereza Stanislav (violin)
Jonathan Moerschel (viola)
Eric Byers (cello)
Franz Schubert
String Quartet no. 15
PRELUDE
Caroline Shaw - Entr'acte
KYRIE
Caroline Shaw - 1. Kyrie
Georg Friedrich Händel - Leave Me Loathsome Light from Semele HWV 58
AGNUS DEI
Caroline Shaw - 2. Agnus Dei
Tyshawn Sorey - Songs for Death: I. after Were You There
CREDO
Caroline Shaw - 3. Credo
Johann Sebastian Bach - ‘Mache dich, mein Herze rein’ from St Matthew Passion BWV 244
GLORIA
Caroline Shaw - 4. Gloria
Moses Hogan - Give Me Jesus
SANCTUS
Caroline Shaw - 5. Sanctus
Julius Eastman - Prelude to The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
BENEDICTUS
Igee Dieudonné/Davóne Tines - VIGIL
Contrasting religious music styles from Western European, Afro-American, and 21st-century traditions converge in Mass, a concert designed as a Catholic mass. Each of these cultures approaches beauty in a different way, yet they all critically examine how we deal with personal problems in our lives.
Originally designed as a work for bass-baritone and piano by American opera singer Davóne Tines, Mass has been adapted for the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam with the Calder Quartet performing and the voice and string quartet merging organically. The design and direction of Mass are in the hands of Lisenka Heijboer Castañón, whose love of music is the foundation for telling a story.