François Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres & works by Henry Purcell & Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

Chloe Holgate & Katherine Wessinger, sopranos
Adam Young, viola da gamba
Andrew Henderson, harpsichord

The Saint Andrew Music Society’s 59th Season continues with a special Palm Sunday performance on March 24 at 3 pm featuring the MAPC’s professional soprano soloists, Chloe Holgate and Katherine Wessinger. On the program is French Baroque master François Couperin’s exquisite and expressive Leçons de Ténèbres, based on texts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and intended to be sung during Holy Week. Also on the program are 17th Century Venetian composer Chiara Margarita Cozzolani’s duet O Dulcis Jesu, and two solo works by Henry Purcell: the dramatic Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation and poignant Evening Hymn. Accompanied by Adam Young, viola da gamba, and Andrew Henderson, harpsichord.

Please click here to purchase tickets in advance. Tickets can also be purchased at the door ($25; $20 – Students/Seniors 62+; children 12 & under: free).

For those unable to attend in person, the concert will be streamed on our YouTube page.

We hope that you will join us this Sunday!