Choir | April 15-16 | North Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach
Join Truckee Tahoe Community Chorus, Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra and Sierra Community House for “Songs for Sinners and Saints.” This concert explores the innate human notions of vice, virtue and redemption through serious and tongue-in-cheek tales of shame, guilt, deception, lust, jealousy and gluttony balanced by stories of fidelity, forgiveness, hope, reverence and sainthood.
The first act culminates with Giovanni Battista Martini’s sacred motet, “Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina,” a pleading work that begs a higher power for assistance and forgiveness.
The second act will open with the overture from Wagner’s opera, “Der Fliegende Holländer” (The Flying Dutchman) performed by Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra and conclude with one of Johannes Brahms’ most stunning major choral works, “Shicksalslied, Op. 54” (Song of Destiny). Shicksalslied’s text depicts dualities such as light and dark, hope and despair, peace and suffering — dyads that mirror our human essence, the sinner and the saint.
This concert will feature additional works by Biebl, Copland, Elgar, Hayes, Riggs, Verdi, Waller and Brooks.
Representatives from Sierra Community House will be on hand to provide information about the range of services offered to help individuals and families in the community. | truckeechorus.org
