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Songfeast III – Jazz!
Tickets, Location
Saturday, March 13th 6:00 PM
Our popular Songfeast series continues with a tribute to the world of Jazz. Hear favorites by the likes of Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and George and Ira Gershwin. Enjoy fine entertainment, good food and wine, all while supporting Kirkland Choral Society in its mission to give our community opportunities to experience choral music at its finest.
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Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Ode to Joy
Friday, May 14th 7:30 PM Bastyr University Chapel Tickets, Location
Saturday, May 15th 7:30 PM Daniels Recital Hall Tickets, Location
Our season finale features two towering masterworks from the genius of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Taken together, these two works shed light on the composer's spiritual world view. The Missa Solemnis is a grand setting of the traditional Mass which concludes with a fragile and unanswered plea for peace amid the drumbeats of war. Beethoven’s answer comes in the Ninth Symphony, with its chorale finale based on Schiller's "Ode to Joy," These words call for humankind to kneel before the creator, but to turn to one another for answers. The path to peace, it suggests, is bestowed not from above, but from within us and among us, in universal brotherhood. Join Kirkland Choral Society, members of Orchestra Seattle, and four of our area’s finest soloists for this powerful conclusion to our season! |