Brahms' Requiem Reconsidered

November 10 & 11, 2007
Hear this familiar favorite in the composer's own chamber arrangment for one piano, four hands, along with works by Palestrina and Schutz that may have inspired Brahms.

A Baroque Festival of Lights

December 11 & 12, 2007
This program pairs the first polyphonic setting of the Shabbat Service, written by 17th violinist and composer Salomone Rossi, with the premiere of a new Hannukah Oratorio by internationally renowned composer David Ludwig.

The Complete Motets of J.S. Bach

March 15 & 16, 2008
In collaboration with the Philadelphia Bach Festival, members of the Choral Arts Society will perform the complete Motets of J.S. Bach, representing some of his finest and most mature vocal composition.

Music for a Royal Occasion

May 2 & 3, 2008
Closing our 2007-08 season, we present music composed for the weddings, funerals and coronations of the English Royal Family including Handel's "Coronation Anthems," Parry's "I was glad" and John Tavener's "Song for Athene," which was performed at Princess Diana's funeral.