The Temple University Concert Choir, under the direction of Paul Jones, will include my setting of "Ah, Holy Jesus" (HERZLIEBSTER JESU) in their upcoming concert at Tenth Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge for the concert. If you would like to watch/listen but are not in the Philadelphia area, the concert will be broadcast live via webcast and then archived for future viewing.If you would like to use this choral anthem with your choir, Augsburg Fortress will publish it within the next year or so. Here are program notes about the piece: This is a strophic setting of a meditative Passiontide hymn by Johann Heermann (1585-1647) paried with a well-known tune by Johann Crüger (1598-1662). The biblical imagery in the text is portrayed using a variety of musical techniques: melody sung against the drone of a fifth, stark parallel fifths and octaves, SATB chorale-stlye harmonization (v. 3: "Lo, the Good Shepherd for the sheep is offered..."), and harsh dissonances arising from pedal tones (held notes). The piece concludes with a three-fold "Amen" to provide balance and reflection.
Other pieces on the program include Poulenc's "En soir de neige", Britten's "Hymn to St. Cecilia", Brahms's "Geistliches Lied", and Fauré's "Cantique de Jean Racine".
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