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The Gates of Repentance: Lenten Music from the Byzantine and Slavic Traditions

Thursday, March 22, 2007 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)

Oakland, United States

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Three Free Concerts, March 2007 The Josquin Singers, a professional vocal ensemble based in the Bay Area, present “The Gates of Repentance: Lenten Music from the Byzantine and Slavic Traditions,” a free concert in cooperation with the St. John Koukouzelis Institute for Liturgical Arts and sponsored in part by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco. Some of the most elegant and profound music ever created comes out of the Lenten period of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. This program will include Byzantine chants, including the famed “Great Troparion,” by the 9th century composer Kassiane the Nun and excerpts from the “Great Canon” of St. Andrew of Crete (7th-8th centuries); and Slavic chants and polyphony, including selections of Dvestmenny polyphony and compositions by Peter Tchaikovsky. The program will be performed Thursday, March 15th @7:30PM in San Francisco at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 3281 16th Street; Saturday, March 17th 7:30PM at Sacramento’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 600 Alhambra Blvd.; and Thursday, March 22 7:30PM in Oakland at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, 4700 Lincoln Ave, as part of The Greek Cultural Celebration Week. Admission is free; suggested donation is $15. About the Josquin Singers Founded in Berkeley in 2002, the Josquin Singers are a professional vocal ensemble specializing in Josquin and other Medieval and Renaissance music of Western Europe, and in the repertoires of the Eastern Orthodox Church, including Chants of the Greek Byzantine tradition as well as Slavic chant and polyphony from periods ranging 500 years. The ensemble’s performances of Byzantine Chant are sung from transcriptions by artistic director John Michael Boyer, who is Protopsaltis (First Cantor) of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, and alumnus of the Music Department of the University of California, Berkeley. The Josquin Singers’ mission is to present, in a setting affordable to the public, stellar performances of ecclesiastical vocal repertoire ranging from the ensemble’s namesake Josquin de Prez to the rarely-heard chant and polyphonic traditions of the Greek and Slavic churches.

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Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
4700 Lincoln Avenue
Oakland, 94602

Thursday, March 22, 2007 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PT)


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Called by some "the most versatile group in the Bay Area," BACH's impressive range of repertoire has included cantatas, symphonies and masses. The Opera division, incorporating stage professionals and up-and-comers, first performed at the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, presenting a concert version of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" in December 2000. Since its inception in 1998 by graduate and undergraduate students of the Music Department of UC Berkeley, BACH has cultivated young musical talent through the performance of great classical works for audiences in the Bay Area and beyond. The group attained non-profit status in May 2002, promoting professionalism and providing tax benefits to its donors.

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