Season 71 – Choral Elements: Fire

For our 71st season we partner with various local performers to explore the metaphor of fire and light through six diverse programs. In these, the Chamber Chorus presents madrigals old and new, motets and masses for multiple choirs, and burning passions both sacred and secular. Six venues remarkable for their different designs and acoustics are our hosts for a continuing celebration of the 500th anniversary of Spanish maestro, Francisco Guerrero. Looking to the present day, we offer the North American premières of ancient Roman verses set by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Guillaume Connesson. We continue to champion new music through commissions to the St. Louis composer, Carter Datz; from Mexico, Maria Granillo; from Latvia, Eriks Esenvalds; from England, Sasha Johnson Manning.