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With guest artist, Bill Tiberio on saxophone, conducting scholars Izzy Granger and Joshua Bassette, and pianist, Dane Noble-Rosema, First Inversion explores music in conversation with music of the past.Every piece on this concert begins with something inherited: an ancient chant, a sacred text, a familiar work, or a musical tradition passed down through generations. Each composer on the program hears that inheritance in a new way — reimagining selections from Handel’s Messiah, weaving improvisation with Renaissance polyphony, echoing the music of Hildegard, or creating new expressions for an ancient text. You’ll find the full program listing below.
Although the program draws deeply from sacred tradition, its message reaches beyond doctrine. This is music about inheritance and imagination — about how old words and melodies can continue to speak to comfort, community, longing, and hope.
First Inversion is proud to be an Artist in Residence with Arts Link at Downtown Presbyterian Church, partnering in ministry to build Beloved Community. As always, the concerts are offered as a gift to the community, with suggested donations of $25, or $10 for students, to support First Inversion’s work.
Here's the program!
Hail, Gladdening Light - Charles Wood
Fits and Starts: After Handel (Comfort Ye) - Joshua Shank
Singet dem Herren - Hugo Distler
Ubi Caritas - Settings by Maurice Duruflé, Michael John Trotta, and J. David Moore
Hail, Gladdening Light - David Briggs
Intermission
Te lucis ante terminum Thomas Tallis, Arr. Christian Forshaw (choir and saxophone)
Libera nos, salva nos - John Sheppard (with improvisation)
Evening Prayer - Ola Gjeilo
Exultate Deo - Francis Poulenc
Quia ergo femina (Hildegard) - Sara Noble
Daughter Ecstatic (Rejoice Greatly) - Joshua Shank
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Event Venue
Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N Fitzhugh St, Rochester, NY 14614-1214, United States
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