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TO OUR 2022-23 SEASON!
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The Seraphic Fire Experience: Hear the finest vocal artists perform engaging and uplifting programming in South Florida’s reverberant and intimate spaces
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SERAPHIC FIRE AT 20 Seraphic Fire celebrates its 20th anniversary with a season of extraordinary artistry. There is something for everyone in our concert programs in South Florida and beyond. Highlights include: •
In February, the third annual Enlightenment Festival will return with what Seraphic Fire does best: Bach, featuring two of the composer’s greatest oratorios.
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Jason Max Ferdinand, of the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers and the Oakwood Aolians, will lead a concert of American folk songs and spirituals.
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In March, internationally-renowned Venezuelan conductor María Guinand joins Seraphic Fire for a program that contrasts Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude with sacred and secular Spanish-language music.
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We will end the anniversary season with Founder and Artistic Director Patrick Dupre Quigley leading a 40-voice ensemble singing new commissions as well as Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium.
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This season will also see Seraphic Fire collaborating with other world-class ensembles through partnerships with Miami’s New World Symphony and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
We hope you will join us to celebrate the accomplishments of the past 20 years and to anticipate the next 20!
SeraphicFire.org/Experience
NOVEMBER 2022
Featuring:
When David Heard (Paul Crabtree) Tu Paz Mia* (Ileana Perez Velazquez) Love Bade Me Welcome (Ralph Vaughan Williams) Sea Drift (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor) Selections from Madrigals of War and Love (Claudio Monteverdi)
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor To open its 20th Anniversary Season, Seraphic Fire explores the juxtaposition and intersection of love and war. Paul Crabtree’s When David Heard sets the tragic biblical love story of David sending his son Absalom to war in aching contrast with disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law’s exclamations upon meeting Catholic victims of abuse. Peace comes in human form in Ileana Perez Velazquez’s Tu Paz Mia, a Seraphic Firecommissioned work. Selections from Claudio Monteverdi’s Madrigals of War and Love—with groundbreaking and gorgeous counterpoint— round out the program. Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation one hour before each concert
Miami | Nov 3, 7:30pm Coral Gables | Nov 4, 8:00pm
Ft. Lauderdale | Nov 5, 7:30pm Boca Raton | Nov 6, 4:00pm Learn more:
SeraphicFire.org/Love-War • 305.285.9060 *Commissioned with the support of a generous gift from William Jaume
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DECEMBER 2022
A Seraphic Fire CHRISTMAS
Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree (Elizabeth Poston) Silent Night (Franz Xavier Gruber)
James K. Bass, Associate conductor Within a serene candle-lit setting, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season will quiet and the a capella voices of Seraphic Fire will fill the room with musical peace and joy. Enjoy familiar favorites such as the hauntingly simple, yet lush Jesus Christ the Apple Tree and the enchanting Silent Night, and come away cherishing a newly discovered gem. Associate Conductor James K. Bass and the ensemble are pleased to present seasonal carols and heart-warming music in the 20th season of A Seraphic Fire Christmas.
Dec 4, 7:00pm | Naples Dec 7, 7:00pm | Sarasota Dec 9, 7:30pm | Coral Gables Dec 10, 7:00pm | Miami Beach Dec 11, 7:00pm | Ft. Lauderdale
Dec 13, 7:00pm | Boca Raton Dec 14, 7:30pm | Miami Dec 16, 8:00pm | Coral Gables Dec 18, 4:00pm | South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center* *visit smdcac.org for tickets
Learn more:
SeraphicFire.org/Christmas • 305.285.9060
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Made possible by the Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation
JANUARY 2023
Featuring:
Old American Songs (Aaron Copland) Hold Fast To Dreams (Joel Thompson) Lift Every Voice and Sing (Roland Carter) Psalm 57 (Betty Jackson King)
OLD NEW Jason Max Ferdinand, guest conductor Guest conductor Jason Max Ferdinand leads a program that sees contemporary composers breathing new life into traditional melodies and texts. Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs blur the line between historic and contemporary. Originally written for baritone William Warfield and tenor Peter Pears, the Old American Songs dress traditional tunes in 20th-century clothing. Masterpieces by modernist Betty Jackson King and Renaissance man Thomas Tomkins meld with arresting contemporary gems by Ken Burton and Stacy Gibbs, sparkling against a backdrop of bedrock works by William Dawson, Moses Hogan, and Hal Johnson. Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation one hour before each concert
Naples | Jan 19, 7:00pm Coral Gables | Jan 20, 8:00pm
Ft. Lauderdale | Jan 21, 7:30pm Miami Beach | Jan 22, 4:00pm Learn more:
SeraphicFire.org/Old-New • 305.285.9060
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Featuring:
THE ENLIGHTENMENT FESTIVAL The third annual Enlightenment Festival returns with two back-to-back weeks of choral-orchestral works. This year’s Festival will celebrate the music of Bach with programs highlighting the enduring composer’s sacred cantatas and oratorios.
Learn more:
SeraphicFire.org/Enlightenment • 305.285.9060
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Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (Dieterich Buxtehude) Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Laetatus sum (Antonio Vivaldi) Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
FEBRUARY 2023
WEEK I
WEEK II
death
BEGINNING END
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
During an age of high mortality, Johann Sebastian Bach experienced the stark and tenuous nature of life and death firsthand. As a result, Bach’s music of human existence and death is, unsurprisingly, probing and profound. Seraphic Fire sings two of Bach’s haunting cantatas on death, and Reginald Mobley is featured in the solo alto cantata Vergnügte Ruh in this musical evening of inspiration and reflection.
Joyous arrivals and awe-inspiring departures feature in the closing concert of Seraphic Fire’s third annual Enlightenment Festival. The first two cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio portray an expectant mother and nonplussed shepherds preparing for a child’s arrival. The Ascension Oratorio is particularly thrilling with spectacular opening and closing trumpets, its coloratura passages, and equally challenging chorale. Chamber orchestra and students from the UCLA Ensemble Artist Program join Seraphic Fire singers to perform two of Bach’s great works in a burst of sonic glory in this arresting program.
Life
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation one hour before each concert
Miami | Feb 16, 7:30pm Coral Gables | Feb 17, 7:30pm
Ft. Lauderdale | Feb 18, 7:30pm Miami Beach | Feb 19, 4:00pm
Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation one hour before each concert
Naples | Feb 23, 7:00pm Coral Gables | Feb 24, 8:00pm
Ft. Lauderdale | Feb 25, 7:30pm Boca Raton | Feb 26, 4:00pm
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MARCH 2023
Featuring:
SACRED PROFANE María Guinand, guest conductor María Guinand, internationally lauded director of the Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, joins Seraphic Fire to weave a program that contrasts the heavenly love of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude with secular, Spanish-language Renaissance and contemporary works on earthly themes of humor, desire, and the sea. Disparity and contradiction are on display in this thought-provoking program. Join us for a Pre-Concert Conversation one hour before each concert
Mar 22, 7:30pm | Miami Mar 23, 7:00pm | Naples Mar 24, 7:30pm | Coral Gables Learn more:
Mar 25, 7:30pm | Ft. Lauderdale Mar 26, 4:00pm | Miami Beach
SeraphicFire.org/Sacred-Profane • 305.285.9060
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Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (Johann Sebastian Bach) El Guayaboso (Guido López Gavilán) Caramba mi amor (Otilio Galíndez) Evohé (José Antonio Calcaño)
APRIL 2023
Featuring:
The Road from Hiroshima (Shawn Crouch) New Commission (Sydney Guillaume) Danzas del Silencio* (Alvaro Bermudez) Beloved of the Sky** (Tawnie Olson) Spem in alium (Thomas Tallis)
FIRST LAST 20th Anniversary Concert Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor To honor the conclusion of our 20th Anniversary season, Seraphic Fire celebrates with a program containing both the oldest and newest pieces in our repertoire. William Billing’s Invocation was the first work performed by Seraphic Fire, and the first line of this American hymn—“Majestic God, our Muse inspire, and fill us with Seraphic fire”—is the source for the ensemble’s name. Shawn Crouch’s The Road From Hiroshima was the first piece of music commissioned and premiered by Seraphic Fire. Representing Seraphic Fire’s newest projects are three world premiere performances of works by Alvaro Bermudez, Sydney Guillaume, and Tawnie Olson. The ensemble’s first performance of Thomas Tallis’ massive 40-voice motet Spem in alium is the icing on the birthday cake of this celebration 20 years of glorious music.
Naples | Apr 27, 7:00pm Coral Gables | Apr 28, 8:00pm
Learn more:
* Commissioned by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation ** Commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University
Made possible by: William Jaume
Ft. Lauderdale | Apr 29, 7:30pm Boca Raton | Apr 30, 4:00pm
SeraphicFire.org/First-Last • 305.285.9060 BARLOW ENDOWMENT FOR MUSIC COMPOSITION
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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS JANUARY 2023
Carmina Burana
MAY 2023
HAYDN: THE CREATION
Seraphic Fire with New World Symphony
Seraphic Fire with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor
Robert Spano, conductor
From the powerful “O, Fortuna” to the jaunty “Tempus est iocundum” and virtuosic “Dulcissime,” experience New World Symphony, Seraphic Fire, and students from the choral programs of Florida International University, Florida Memorial University, Miami-Dade College, and University of Miami performing Carl Orff’s cinematic illustration of fate, Carmina Burana. 2021 Leonard Bernstein Award recipient and international rising star pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is soloist in Clara Schumann’s dramatic Piano Concerto. Then, Seraphic Fire steps to the fore with the New World Symphony in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music for 16 solo voices and orchestra.
Seraphic Fire will join Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra to close out Robert Spano’s inaugural season as Music Director with Haydn’s monumental work, The Creation, a dramatic oratorio for vocal soloists, orchestra, and choir that renders the Biblical text in music. Acclaimed visual artist Elaine J. McCarthy — whose work has appeared at The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, on Broadway, and more — lends her talents to bring this ambitious production to life.
SAT, JAN 14, 8:00PM
FRI, MAY 19, 7:30PM • SAT, MAY 20, 7:30PM • SUN, MAY 21, 2:00PM
To purchase tickets, visit nws.edu
To purchase tickets, visit fwsymphony.org
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OUR VENUES BOCA RATON
St. Gregory’s Episcopal 100 NE Mizner Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33432 Complimentary parking available on site
MIAMI
St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral 2401 SW 3rd Ave, Miami, FL 33129 Complimentary parking available on site
Nov 6 • Dec 13 • Feb 26 • Apr 30
Nov 3 • Dec 14 • Feb 16 • Mar 22
CORAL GABLES
MIAMI BEACH
Church of the Little Flower 2711 Indian Mound Tr, Coral Gables, FL 33134 Complimentary parking available on site Nov 4 • Dec 16 • Jan 20 • Feb 24 • Apr 28
St. Philip’s Episcopal 1121 Andalusia Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134 Complimentary valet parking available 45 minutes before performances Dec 9 • Feb 17 • Mar 24
FT. LAUDERDALE
All Saints Episcopal 333 Tarpon Dr, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Complimentary parking available on site Nov 5 • Dec 11 • Jan 21 • Feb 18 • Feb 25 Mar 25 • Apr 29
All Souls Episcopal 4025 Pine Tree Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33140 Complimentary valet parking available 45 minutes before performances Dec 10 • Jan 22 • Feb 19 • Mar 26
NAPLES
Vanderbilt Presbyterian 1225 Piper Blvd, Naples, FL 34110 Complimentary parking available on site
Join us outside Florida! Wed, Aug 17
Aspen, CO
Professional Choral Institute with Seraphic Fire
Sun, Aug 21
Aspen, CO
Berlioz: Requiem
Fri, Dec 2
Grafton, VT
A Seraphic Fire Christmas
Fri, May 19
Fort Worth, TX
Haydn: The Creation
Sat, May 20
Fort Worth, TX
Haydn: The Creation
Sun, May 21
Fort Worth, TX
Haydn: The Creation
Dec 4 • Jan 19 • Feb 23 • Mar 23 • Apr 27
SARASOTA
St. Boniface Episcopal 5615 Midnight Pass Rd, Sarasota, FL 34242 Complimentary parking available on site Dec 7
All venues are accessible with handicap seating available. To request materials in an accessible format, sign language interpreters, CART, and/or any disability accommodation, please contact JJ Flores at 305.692.0268 or JJ@SeraphicFire.org five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).
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DONOR: $250
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Naples performances made possible by the Jeri L. Wolfson Foundation & Charles L. Marshall, Jr. and Richard L. Tooke. Performances in Miami-Dade and Broward counties sponsored by:
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Made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the support of the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, the support of Funding Arts Network, Funding Arts Broward, as well as with the support of the City of Coral Gables and the National Endowment for the Arts. Seraphic Fire is funded by The Children’s Trust. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County by making strategic investments in their future. Funding for Seraphic Fire is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. Seraphic Fire is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
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