The City Choir of Washington's 2021-2022 Season
Digital season brochure of the City Choir of Washington's 2021-2022 season, featuring the Durufle Requiem, A Twelfth Night Concert, the Faure Requiem, a world premiere by Robert Shafer, and the Brahms Requiem
Digital season brochure of the City Choir of Washington's 2021-2022 season, featuring the Durufle Requiem, A Twelfth Night Concert, the Faure Requiem, a world premiere by Robert Shafer, and the Brahms Requiem
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DONA NOBIS PACEM—<br />
G R A N T U S P E A C E<br />
Celebrating Maestro Robert Shafer’s<br />
Valedictory <strong>Season</strong>
G R A N T U S P E A C E<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>of</strong> Washington returns to the concert hall with a<br />
concert series featuring three <strong>of</strong> the most exquisitely comforting<br />
masses in the choral literature, by Duruflé, Fauré and Brahms. <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>2021</strong>-<strong>2022</strong> season, Maestro Robert Shafer’s last as Artistic<br />
Director, will celebrate his 54-year career and brilliant leadership<br />
in the Washington, D.C. choral community.<br />
THE <strong>2021</strong>-<strong>2022</strong> SEASON IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE<br />
GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE SEASON UNDERWRITERS
G R A N T U S T H E S U B L I M E<br />
Join the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>of</strong> Washington on a journey into<br />
the ethereal and sublime with an all-French program<br />
that explores the mysteries <strong>of</strong> the divine.<br />
Duruflé, Requiem<br />
Duruflé, Choral Variations on “Veni Creator,” Op. 4<br />
L. Boulanger, Pie Jesu<br />
November 7, <strong>2021</strong> | 4:00 p.m.<br />
Saint Luke Catholic Church, McLean, Virginia<br />
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G R A N T U S C E L E B R A T I O N<br />
Celebrate the holiday season with the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>of</strong> Washington and<br />
enter the new year in a festive spirit with our annual Twelfth Night<br />
concert, featuring Maestro Shafer’s favorite Christmas music for<br />
choir, brass, and organ by Gabrieli, Handel, Pinkham and Dirksen.<br />
<br />
A Twelfth Night Concert<br />
January 9, <strong>2022</strong> | 4:00 p.m.<br />
Saint Luke Catholic Church, McLean, Virginia<br />
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G R A N T U S I N S P I R A T I O N<br />
Experience the world premiere <strong>of</strong><br />
Robert Shafer’s new work inspired by the<br />
impact <strong>of</strong> the coronavirus on musicians, paired with<br />
the comforting message <strong>of</strong> the Fauré Requiem.<br />
Shafer, Super Flumina Babylonis<br />
Fauré, Requiem<br />
March 27, <strong>2022</strong> | 4:00 p.m.<br />
Saint Luke Catholic Church, McLean, Virginia<br />
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G R A N T U S H U M A N I T Y<br />
Don’t miss Maestro Shafer’s final concert as<br />
Artistic Director <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong> <strong>Choir</strong> <strong>of</strong> Washington, as he<br />
conducts what Brahms called his “human” Requiem, in the<br />
grandeur <strong>of</strong> Washington National Cathedral.<br />
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem<br />
June 26, <strong>2022</strong> | 5:00 p.m.<br />
Washington National Cathedral<br />
Reception to follow the concert at the Cafritz Refectory <strong>of</strong> the St Alban School<br />
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