Double Takes: One Text, Two Perspectives

Have you ever wondered how a poem might inspire different composers?

This is your chance to find out at Musica Sacra’s final concert of the season, “Double Takes.” Works from the Renaissance to this century and from Finland to America will provide you the opportunity to hear composers’ interpretations of the same text, allowing you to pick your favorites at the end of the night.
Program

Ave Maria, by Josquin de Prez and Ludwig Senfl
Sure on this Shining Night, by Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen
William Blake’s The Lamb, by John Tavener and Adolphus Hailstork
Sommarnatten, by Einojuhani Rautavaar and Nocturne by Adolphus Hailstork
Set Me As a Seal, by William Walton and Daniel Pinkham
Full Fathom Five, by Charles Wood and Matthew Harris