Pure A Cappella:
Spiritual Reflections

Joseph Holt, conductor

Click here to listen to a Classical Conversations interview with Joseph Holt and WETA's Deb Lamberton.

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complete program.

Tickets only $15-$40

Please join us for a FREE
post-performance reception
for all ticket holders. 

National Presbyterian Church
4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-2735

The National Presbyterian Church is a short walk from Metro's Tenleytown-AU Station on the Red Line.  Visit www.NationalPres.org for directions and parking options.  

For lovers of voices without instrumental accompaniment, masterpieces of the Renaissance and the late 20th century have a striking element in common - Gregorian chant.  Based primarily on plainchant, the polyphonic splendor of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, poignant melodic suspensions of Antonio Lotti, quiet urgency of Henryk Górecki, and unadorned declamatory style of John Tavener illuminate familiar texts of the Old Testament and hymns to the Virgin Mary.  Settings of the Mass abound in this literature and we're proud to feature the world premiere of Missa Pro Pace (Mass for Peace) by Kentaro Sato, winner of the 2005 American Choral Director's Association Raymond Brock Award. 

Click here to listen to an excerpt of Kentaro Sato's Missa Pro Pace.