Choristers prepare for Annual Founders Day Concert

The Choirs of the Cathedral are preparing for their annual Founders Day Concert next Sunday, March 14th at 8:00 PM in the Cathedral. The concert will feature three works from the great treasury of sacred music: Benjamin Britten's Cantata Misericordium, Handel's Organ Concerto in Bb, Op. 4 No.2, and Mozart's Mass in C Minor (The Great).

Over the next week, we'll give you additional information on each of the works. Benjamin Britten’s Cantata misericordium or “Song of the Merciful” was composed and first performed for the centenary of the Red Cross, celebrated in Geneva on September 1st, 1963. Composed for tenor and baritone soloists with chorus, the work is a setting of the Good Samaritan Parable, and is accompanied by a chamber orchestra comprised of strings, piano, timpani and harp. This setting of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, a tale that transcends all nations, cultures and religion, begins with the question “Who is my neighbor?” The work ends with the answer to the initial question: “Who your neighbor is, now you know,” and the chorus commends us to “Go and do likewise.”

Jason McAdams, Principal Cantor at the Cathedral will be featured as the Good Samaritan, and Cathedral Choir Baritone Soloist Tyler Oliphant will perform the role of the Unfortunate Traveler.

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