Chiara String Quartet — Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ”
“The Chiara String Quartet performed Haydn’s masterpiece of spiritual music by candlelight on February 17, 2018 on Parlance Chamber Concerts at West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ.”
Program:
Introduction
Largo: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do
Grave e cantabile: Today you will be with me in Paradise
Grave: Woman, behold your son
Largo: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Adagio: I thirst
Lento: It is finished
Largo: Into your hands I commit my spirit
Il Terremoto: The earth shook and the rocks split
Important People and Things:
Michael Parloff, Artistic Director of Parlance Chamber Concerts, provides a short introduction to the history of Joseph Haydn’s “Seven Last Words of Christ”: https://youtu.be/KmwHSrHewXc
Michael Parloff’s complete, 40-minute, preconcert, multimedia lecture on the history and music may be viewed at https://youtu.be/f6SfpuD3Rgs
Parlance Chamber Concerts presents 6 to 8 concerts per season featuring world-class performers. Tickets and information at http://www.parlancechamberconcerts.org
Video produced by Darryl Kubian
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