Kirchenabendmusik [October 2009]

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Kirchenabendmusik

Music of Mendelssohn, Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert

Kirchenabendmusik

Take a musical trip to Old Vienna, and in your mind’s eye, sit in historic St. Stephen’s Cathedral for a candlelit Vespers service. This is exactly what Artists’ Vocal Ensemble (AVE) brought to life on the second weekend of October 9, 10 and 11, 2009. With the music of Vienna’s four favorite sons, Mozart and Haydn, Mendelssohn and Schubert, we were transported to the Classical world of the early nineteenth century when Vienna and its sacred and secular musical life were at their prime. Under the direction and keyboard accompaniment of Jonathan Dimmock, the AVE singers transported us to a golden age of melody, with unsurpassed part-songs of Haydn, geistliche Lieder of Mendelssohn, Schubert’s astounding “Song of Miriam,” and his sublime final Marian antiphon, “Salve Regina.”

As usual AVE paired its programs with charity and social action organizations, and this concert was no exception. With the country focused on health care, we shared our East Bay concerts with two nonprofits, both housed at Oakland’s new, magnificent cathedral: Christ the Light. The first of these, The Order of Malta’s Medical Clinic, offers free medical services for uninsured children and adults; the second is the Legal Justice Center, which offers free access to justice through preventive education, community advocacy, and the operation of a free legal clinic.

AVE is proud to be the first ensemble to have performed in the new Walt Disney Family Museum which opened on October 1, 2009. The exhibition space is immediately adjacent to the new museum building itself and boasts brilliant acoustics, spaciousness, and a new Steinway grand piano.

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