Reflections of Mary at Tafelmusik

MARCH 11, 2021 at 8 pm online
Ivars Taurins director
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

This luminous concert offers two composers' takes on the Virgin Mary, sacred icon of motherhood and mercy.

The figure of Mary, mother of Jesus, is central to this program of French choral music spanning more than three centuries. The lyricism and expressive power of Charpentier's final mass, Missa Assumpta est Maria, is paired with lustrous a cappella works by the 20th-century composer Poulenc. The tenderness of Poulenc's sacred music holds a mirror to Charpentier's expression of Marian devotion in this uplifting concert that signals spring and rebirth.