NSCS Returns for Our 86th Season
Lux:
Music of John Rutter
Julia Davids, Music Director
Tierra Whetstone-Christian, Assistant Conductor
Sunday, June 5, 2022, 4:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church of Evanston
and via live stream
"The Lord Bless You and Keep You"
Rutter's beloved setting of the Aaronic Blessing or Birkat Kohanim.
"A Ukrainian Prayer"
The composer's response to the tragedy in Ukraine:
"Good Lord, protect Ukraine. Give her strength, courage, faith, hope. Amen."
"Toccata in Seven"
Sharon Rich Peterson, Organ
"Requiem"
John Rutter's Requiem, with its texts from the Latin Requiem Mass and the Book of Common Prayer,
is unmistakably optimistic in its message of hope and comfort.
Featuring Rosalind Lee, soprano
and Chamber Orchestra
Earlier this season ...
Free At Last
Dr. Julia Davids, Music Director
Sunday October 24, 2021, 4:00 pm
Dr. Julia Davids, Music Director
Sunday October 24, 2021, 4:00 pm
"The Gettysburg Address"
A world premiere by David Burger, commissioned for Julia Davids and the North Shore Choral Society.
Edgar Campos, trumpet.
"Free at Last"
A profound and inspiring tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by living Chicago composer Lena McLin
Felicia Patton, soprano and guest speaker
Tierra Whetstone-Christian, mezzo-soprano
with special guest
Thomas W. Jefferson, pianist and composer,
performing his new arrangements of three familiar spirituals
Unitarian Church of Evanston
1330 Ridge Avenue - Evanston, IL
and via live stream
A world premiere by David Burger, commissioned for Julia Davids and the North Shore Choral Society.
Edgar Campos, trumpet.
"Free at Last"
A profound and inspiring tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by living Chicago composer Lena McLin
Felicia Patton, soprano and guest speaker
Tierra Whetstone-Christian, mezzo-soprano
with special guest
Thomas W. Jefferson, pianist and composer,
performing his new arrangements of three familiar spirituals
Unitarian Church of Evanston
1330 Ridge Avenue - Evanston, IL
and via live stream
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Eckerling, Conductor
Sunday, April 10, 2022, 2:30 pm
The North Shore Choral Society is delighted to join the ESO in performing Beethoven's Ninth,
a choral and orchestral favorite with its iconic hymn to universal fellowship.
(Please purchase tickets for this concert directly from evanstonsymphony.org.)
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive - Evanston, IL
Evanston Symphony Orchestra
Lawrence Eckerling, Conductor
Sunday, April 10, 2022, 2:30 pm
The North Shore Choral Society is delighted to join the ESO in performing Beethoven's Ninth,
a choral and orchestral favorite with its iconic hymn to universal fellowship.
(Please purchase tickets for this concert directly from evanstonsymphony.org.)
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive - Evanston, IL
