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Atlanta
Schola Cantorum, under the direction of John Whitt, will present
Maiden Mother Queen, a program of Advent and Christmas choral
music, on Friday, December 5, at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church,
2601 Henderson Mill Road, and on
Saturday, December 6, at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church,
1790 LaVista Road. Both performances
begin at 8 p.m. and a donation of $10 is requested.
The
program features works of Marian devotion, including Orlando Gibbons’s
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis from his Short Service,
Jean Mouton’s lavish Nesciens mater, Orlando di Lasso’s
Salve Regina, and double chorus works such as Victoria’s Ave
Maria à 8 and Hammerschmidt’s Machet die Tore weit, as well
as settings of Ave Maris Stella by Trond Kverno and Claudio
Monteverdi. The chorus will be supported on some works by a
viol consort.
Free parking is available at both concerts. For directions, click on
the church's name:
St. Bede's Episcopal Church
St.
Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
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