Choral Post-Easter Service on April 14
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Choir and Friends perform at a previous choral Sunday, directed by Dr. James Bingham
The Takoma Park Presbyterian Church Choir and Friends will present a service of celebration on Sunday, April 14, at 11:00 a.m. This service will feature sacred music from largely British composers of the 20th Century.
The Five Mystical Songs of Ralph Vaughan William, the most substantial musical part of the service will feature baritone, Trevor Scheunemann, who enjoys an international operatic career, including performances in leading roles with such houses as The Metropolitan Opera, Washington National Opera, Opera de Monte Carlo, and San Francisco Opera among many others. Mr. Scheunemann is a graduate of Washington Adventist University, Takoma Park, and a distinguished alumnus of the world-renowned Domingo-Cafritz Artist Program at Washington National Opera.
The Five Mystical Songs were written for baritone solo, choir, and orchestra; however, this performance will feature the composer’s orchestral reduced for string quintet and piano. The words are taken from four poems (“Easter” divided into two parts) by George Herbert (1593 – 1633), a metaphysical Welsh poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England; and were selected by Vaughan Williams from the poet’s 1633 collection, The Temple: Sacred Poems.
Other musical presentations will include O Clap Your Hands, by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gloria in Excelsis “Coronation” by Charles Villiers Stanford, composed for the coronation of George V in Westminster Abbey, on June 22, 1911. A brass septet will accompany both anthems.
The service promises to be a joyful post-Easter musical celebration, reflecting the joy of the resurrection and by it, the promise of eternal salvation. Please plan on attending and bringing friends, so this joyful festivity can infuse this season of renewal.
This service will be held in the church sanctuary. Access our Getting Around TPPC page for a map of our buildings and directions to the church sanctuary and meeting rooms.
Trumpeters join the TPPC Choir and Friends at TPPC’s Sanctuary Rededication Service
