MUSIKANTEN MONTANA

2021-2022 SEASON

MUSIKANTEN MONTANA

2021-2022 SEASON

Musikanten Montana
Memorial Concert for All Souls
7:30 PM Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Maurice Duruflé’s beloved Requiem
Heinrich Schütz “Selig sind die Toten"

Kerry Krebill, conductor
Sarah Whitlatch, mezzo soprano soloist
Robert Tudor, baritone soloist
Michael Harrison, cantor
Dr. Wendy Yuen, organ

Musikanten begins its 18th season of performances in Helena with its annual All Souls concert on Wednesday, November 3, in the Cathedral of St. Helena. This year’s memorial concert, with candles lighted for those church members, family and friends who have died in the past year, will feature the 20th century French composer Maurice Duruflé’s beloved Requiem, his Gregorian chant-based setting of the traditional Latin Mass for the dead.

To open the concert, Artistic Director Kerry Krebill will conduct the choir in the Heinrich Schütz motet “Selig sind die Toten” – Blessed are they who die in the Lord. Cantor Michael Harrison will then chant the names of those for whom the candles are lighted, followed by a short period of silence for meditation and prayer, and the Requiem.

Duruflé, a renowned organist, composed three versions of his Requiem, one of which is for solo organ – the organ alone accompanying the choir, playing all the parts of the full orchestra version. Dr. Wendy Yuen, the new music director at St. Mary’s Catholic Community, is the organ virtuoso in this performance. Vocal soloists are mezzo soprano Sarah Whitlatch and baritone Robert Tudor.

The concert is performed without intermission, and the congregation is requested to depart in silence, remembering those who have gone before us.

The one performance is at 7:30 pm at the Cathedral of St. Helena. All the performers will be masked, fully vaccinated, and singing from behind the altar. The congregation is encouraged to wear masks (available at the door) and leave space in the pews between families.

Admission is free, with a suggested donation at the door. To have a candle lighted and name listed in the memorial program, please email the name you would like listed to musikantenmt@aol.com by October 27.