Sung devotion

Buxtehude’s ‘Membra Jesu nostri’ with Yale Choral Artists

Sunday, October 13 at 4 p.m.

Christ Church, New Haven — 84 Broadway

Free; no tickets required

This monumental work by organist and composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) is a cycle of seven cantatas for chorus, soloists, and instruments. Drawn from medieval Latin verse and biblical texts, each cantata is a meditation about Jesus’s body on the cross.

Featuring

Yale Choral Artists

The Yale Choral Artists is a professional choir founded by the Yale School of Music and the Yale Glee Club to enhance and enrich Yale’s strong commitment to the choral arts. The choir is a project-based ensemble comprised of leading singers from around the country and is directed by School of Music faculty member Jeffrey Douma.

Elm City Consort

Violin
Jeremy Rhizor
Lydia Becker

Viola da gamba and violone
Nicholas Kleinman
Rosamund Morley
Caroline Nicolas
Michael Rigsby
Cat Slowik
Arnie Tanimoto

Theorbo
Kevin Payne

Organ
Stephen Gamboa-Diaz