Dr. Joshua Harper and his professional chorus Quartz Ensemble return to Prescott to perform with  Arizona Philharmonic.

This concert brings together the Arizona Philharmonic and Prescott’s newest professional choir, the Quartz Ensemble. 

We open with an early cantata by Bach, followed by a passionate call for peace by the Latvian master Pēteris Vasks.  Next, we hear a sacred cantata by Medelssohn that pays tribute to Bach in its musical form, then a late Romantic work, Rheinberger’s Stabat Mater: an emotional text focused on the figure of Mary in the Passion story. After intermission, you’ll hear the choral works of Eric Whitacre that have been phenomenally popular in the last several years, and he is represented here by his Water Night. The last two works return to the Passion, and are a wonderfully effective pairing: a 17th-century Passion cantata by Buxtehude, and a 21st-century composition by Caroline Shaw written as a response to Buxtehude’s cantata.  For complete details,  please see the Program Notes.

Come enjoy the precision and elegance of the combined forces of these two esteemed ensembles.