Sunday, March 2, 2025 | 2:00 PM | Ballard First Lutheran Church
2006 NW 65th Street, Seattle
Free admission with suggested donation
The Emerald Ensemble sings a varied survey of two centuries of unaccompanied choral music by Danish composers. From the mid-Romantic era come five songs by Niels Gade. Carl Nielsen, the most renowned Danish composer, is represented by three partsongs and his choral masterwork, the Three Motets. Light-hearted music by Vagn Holmboe and experimental modernism of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, plus a recent minimalist motet by Mette Nielsen, represent the variety of styles that have emerged from Denmark during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The concert includes both sacred and secular music, sung in Danish, German, English, Italian, and Latin.
This concert is presented by the Nordic Chamber Music series, for whom the Emerald Ensemble has previously performed concerts of Finnish and Swedish music.
Repertoire
- Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) – Danmark, du kornblonde datter
- Bernhard Lewkovitch (1927–2024) – Tre madrigali di Torquato Tasso
- Niels Gade (1817–1890) – Fünf Gesänge, opus 13
- Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996) – The Wee Wee Man
- Mette Nielsen (b.1985) – Motet
- Carl Nielsen – Sidskensang
intermission - Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932–2016) – Eksempler
- Carl Nielsen – Der er et yndigt Land
- Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949) – Vandet risler med sagte Lyd
- Carl Nielsen – Tre motetter
Performing Artists
- Clarice Alfonso, soprano
- Gary D. Cannon, conductor
- Marjorie Bunday, mezzo-soprano
- Rebekah Gilmore, soprano
- Nicholas Gorne, tenor
- Ben Grover, bass-baritone
- Ben Harris, bass-baritone
- Brandon Higa, tenor
- Natalie Ingrisano, soprano
- Dustin Kaspar, tenor
- Jonathan Silvia, bass-baritone
- Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano
- Kathea Yarnell, mezzo-soprano