Musikanten Montana, under the direction of Artistic Director Kerry Krebill, invites all friends to join them in the opening of their 21st season in Helena. The chamber chorus will present its annual All Souls memorial candlelight concert one evening only, Saturday November 2, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Cathedral, 511 N. Park, at 7:30 pm.
Individual candles will be lighted for all St. Peter’s Cathedral parishioners who have died in the past year, as well as for any other beloved friends or family members requested by Musikanten friends. To have a candle lighted and name of a loved one in the memorial program, please email the name you would like listed to [email protected] by October 31.
Musikanten will be joined by guest artists contralto Anne Kania and baritone Robert Tudor. The meditative program will include organist Wendy Yuen playing “Before the Image of a Saint,” by Karg-Elert, and accompanying Musikanten in five movements of the beloved Fauré “Requiem,” featuring baritone Art Bumgardner singing the “Hostias.” As a dedication to our soprano friend Heather Barnes, the Musikanten women will join together to sing the “Pie Jesu.” The ensemble will also sing the final chorus of Giacomo Carissimi’s 1648 oratorio “Jepthe.”
Cantor Gerald Schafer will chant the names on the memorial list, and there will be a period of silence for personal meditation and prayer. The concert is performed without intermission, and the congregation is requested to depart in silence, remembering those who have gone before us.
