Frank Ferko

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Performances

2018-2019

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The 2018-2019 season will present new works and many well-established works in performances around the U.S. and all over the world.

Updates to this page are occurring regularly, so when you have a moment, please check back for more complete information.

Prelude to the Armistice

The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists presents organist Ann Marie Rigler and mezzo-soprano Alice Anne Light in a concert which looks ahead to the upcoming centenary of the armistice that ended World War I. The program includes Cartes postales de la guerre for mezzo-soprano and organ, on texts by Guillaume Apollinaire. This work received its world premiere in July at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists.
- Central United Methodist Church, Kansas City, MO, Monday, October 15, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.

The Seraphim Singers, under the direction of Jennifer Lester, present works by Renaissance, Romantic and modern composers. The program includes Llama de Amor Viva (The Living Flame of Love), for unaccompanied double choir, on a text by St. John of the Cross.
- Eliot Church, Newton, MA, Saturday, November 3, 2018, at 8:00 p.m.
- First Church, Cambridge, MA, Sunday, November 4, 2018, at 3:00 p.m.

The Hollands Vocaal Ensemble, under the direction of Fokko Oldenhuis, presents a program of choral and instrumental music as part of the Hildegard Festival at Nicolaikerk. The program will include "O ignis Spiritus Paracliti," "Laus Trinitati," "O vos angeli," and "O speculum columbe" from The Hildegard Motets for unaccompanied choir, as well as the independent motet, "I will give thanks to you, O Lord" for chorus and organ, and Meditations 1-3 and 5-7 from the Hildegard Organ Cycle. The organist at this performance is Ko Zwanenburg.
- NicolaÃ¯kerk, Utrecht (Hildegard Festival), Saturday, November 24, 2018, at 8:15 p.m.

The Hollands Vocaal Ensemble, under the direction of Fokko Oldenhuis, presents a program of choral and instrumental music, celebrating the work of Hildegard von Bingen and J.S. Bach, as part of the series Couleur Vocale at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam. The program will include "O ignis Spiritus Paracliti," "Laus Trinitati," "O vos angeli," and "O speculum columbe" from The Hildegard Motets for unaccompanied choir, as well as the independent motet, "I will give thanks to you, O Lord" for chorus and organ. The organist at this performance is Ko Zwanenburg.
- Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam (Serie Couleur Vocale), Sunday, November 25, 2018, at 3:30 p.m.

The Cathedral Choir of the Cathedral of St. Philip, under the direction of Dale Adelmann, celebrates Advent Lessons and Carols with a variety of choral works for the occasion. The service will include "O vis aeternitatis" from Hildegard Triptych for unaccompanied double choir.
- The Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, GA, Sunday, December 2, 2018, at 4:00 p.m.

Vocal Ensemble Musica Vitale, with harpist, Sophie Graff, under the direction of Elena Vizuet, will present A Festival of Carols for mixed chorus, soprano soloists, and harp in two concert performances in December.
- San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, Friday, December 7, 2018, at 6:00 p.m.
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Coronado, CA, Sunday, December 9, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.

The Thomas Circle Singers, under the direction of James Kreger, will present A Festival of Carols for mixed chorus, soprano soloists, and harp in the nation's capital.
- St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Washington, DC, Sunday, December 9, 2018, at 4:00 p.m.

Epiphany Parish, Seattle, celebrates the Feast of the Annunciation with Evensong. The service will include Motet for the Annunciation for unaccompanied mixed chorus, performed by the Choir of Epiphany Parish, under the direction of Zachary Hemenway.
- Epiphany Parish, Seattle, WA, Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 5:00 p.m.

A concert inspired by the idea of "the first and the last" will be presented by the Micklegate Singers, conducted by Nicholas Carter, and will include works by William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Andrzej Panufnik, Arvo PÃ¤rt, and Frank Ferko's Motet for Passion Sunday
- St. Olave's Church, Marygate, York (UK), March 30, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

The multiple award-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus, under the direction of Valerie Sainte-Agathe, presents the San Francisco premiere of O nobilissima viriditasfor unaccompanied women's voices, based on a text by Hildegard von Bingen.
- Mission Dolores Basilica, San Francisco, Saturday, June 8, 2019, at 7:30 p.m..
- First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA, Sunday, June 9, 2019, at 4 p.m.

The San Francisco Girls Chorus, under the direction of Valerie Sainte-Agathe, will embark on a summer tour of England and France in July. Their concert at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris will include a performance of O nobilissima viriditas as part of the Series Dimanches Musicaux de la Madeleine.
- L'Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France, Sunday, July 28, 2019, at 4:00 p.m.

Frank Ferko speaks with Stanford Lively Arts about the piano work Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus by Olivier Messiaen

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