Keith Kirchoff: Encountering the Divine

Keith Kirchoff: Encountering the Divine

This program explores the richness of the Christian faith through six musical expressions and denominations. Reaching as early as the “Age of Reason” and as recent as the present day, this program draws upon different eras and faith traditions to contemplate the wonder and mystery of the Divine.

Program:

Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt: Ave Maria (1825/1838)

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Messa Della Domenica [selections] (1635)

Florence Price: Fantasie nègre No. 1 (1929)

Olivier Messiaen: Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus

from Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus (1944)

Franz Liszt: Bénédiction de dieu dans la solitude (1853)

Steven Ricks: Reflections on Christ of Saint John of the Cross (2025)