SEASON FINALE CONCERTS

New Perspectives: Modern Masterpieces

Ars Nova Singers presents a dramatic season-finale concert celebrating two of Colorado’s finest pipe organs: the historic Kimball organ of Saint John’s Cathedral in Denver and the vibrant Austin-Morel of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Boulder. With special guest Brian du Fresne, organ.

Artistic Director Thomas Edward Morgan: “Our program features modern masterpieces for chorus and organ, as well as the world premiere of a spectacular new work for unaccompanied chorus by Paul Fowler, one of Colorado’s finest young composers.” 

Friday, June 1, 7:30 p.m.
Saint John's Cathedral, 1350 Washington Street, Denver

Saturday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.
St. John's Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street, Boulder

 Tickets for the performances are $22 for adults, $16 for seniors, $11 for college students, and $6 for youth ages 6-18). Click on date above to order tickets.

In addition to the Fowler premiere, the Singers will perform three early works by the renowned contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, and an unusual eclectic organ mass featuring music from six different composers. The program includes the following works:

Henry Balfour-Gardiner, Te lucis ante terminum
Arvo Pärt, De Profundis
Arvo Pärt, Cantate Domino
Nathan Jones, I Would Live in Your Love
Paul Fowler, Shakespeare’s Love (world premiere)
An Eclectic Contemporary Organ Mass:
Louis Vierne, Kyrie (Messe Solenelle)
Maurice Duruflé, Kyrie (Requiem)
Nico Muhly, Gloria (Bright Mass with Canons, 2005)
Arvo Pärt, Summa (Credo)
David Briggs, Sanctus and Benedictus (Messe de Notre Dame)
Flor Peeters, Agnus Dei (Missa Festiva)

“Very fine…a richly reverberant world of sound…”
- The Choral Review