Concerts 2025-2026
2025-2026 SEASON: THE FIRE OF OUR SONG
We know that choral music is a vessel for human strength, whether quiet hope or steadfast resilience. Journey with us this season through courage, resistance, endurance, and renewal, and experience that inner clarion call – THE FIRE OF OUR SONG!
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WORLD ON OUR SHOULDERS
With Bryon Wilson, piano; Zachary Saathoff, violin; Ruth Marshall, cello
“In the dusk of the river, the wind gone, the leaves grow still —…” Thus begins Alex Berko’s Sacred Place, an ecologically-minded score on texts of Wendell Berry, John Muir, and others. You’ll quickly hear why this has become one of the most-performed works in recent years! Along with a world premiere by Scott Senko (one of our own tenors!), Jocelyn Hagen’s A Thank You Note to the Universe, on a poem of Noor Unnahar, says “I breathe the same air as the people I love and the people I lose” – a reminder of our connection to the earth and each other. We will also share a set called American Tune, which we’ll present at Chorus America’s National Conference in Minneapolis – with music by William Byrd, Benjamin Britten, Caroline Shaw, Marques Garrett, and Paul Simon. This collage program highlights our responsibilities as citizens to be attentive and assertive, empathetic and brave.
APR. 26, 3:00 pm: House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
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2025-2026 COMPLETED EVENTS
MAGNIFICAT: BACH, PÄRT, & MORRICONE (OCT 11 & 12, 2025)
With The Singers Sinfonia
Celebrate the launch of a new season with J.S. Bach’s Magnificat – as festive and stirring a work as ever written! Be moved by the meditative music of Arvo Pärt (who turns 90 this September), and film composer Ennio Morricone, whose film score for The Mission has become a cherished classic. Also, enjoy thrilling works by Jocelyn Hagen and Timothy Takach, both former composers-in-residence for The Singers.
OCT. 11, 7:30 pm: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis; OCT. 12, 3:00 pm: House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
WHAT SWEETER MUSIC: CHRISTMAS WITH THE SINGERS
A meaningful mix of carols, original works, and tradition – don’t miss our most popular concert of the season. This year, we’re joined by cellist Ruth Marshall and pianist Bryon Wilson on Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols. Canadian music is featured via Healey Willan’s The Three KIngs and Sarah Quartel’s Snow Angel. A tuneful Christmas program as you’ll find in the Twin Cities, we’ll present familiar music of Morten Lauridsen and carols by Matthew Culloton, Stephen Paulus, and Dale Warland. With Ruth Marshall, cello; Bryon Wilson, piano
DEC. 7, 3:00 pm:Westwood Lutheran, St. Louis Park; DEC. 13, 7:30 pm:Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis; DEC. 14, 2:00 pm:Nativity of Our Lord, St. Paul [Buy Early! Sell-out expected]
MY SOUL’S REPOSE: ALLEGRI, BERNSTEIN, & THE BOOK OF PSALMS
With Aaron David Miller, organ; Min Kim, harp; Erik Barsness, percussion
There are very few more timeless, mysterious choral favorites than Allegri’s Miserere mei, Deus, with its soaring soprano solo, echoes of chant, and sumptuous choral harmonies. More color is employed in Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, which even includes music originally written (and scrapped) from West Side Story. The Book of Psalms, from which boundless choral music flows, is further explored through the imaginations of Bobby McFerrin, Caroline Shaw, Abbie Betinis, and Ernani Aguiar.
MAR. 14, 7:30 pm: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis; MAR. 15, 3:00 pm: House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
NON-SUBSCRIPTION SERIES EVENTS
Handel: Messiah with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra [tix at www.thespco.org]
December 18 & 19, 7:00 PM – Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis
December 20, 7:00 PM & December 21, 2:00 PM – Ordway Concert Hall, St. Paul
