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Part of a centuries-old
Benedictine tradition of nurturing the arts and learning, Abbey Church
Events is an annual concert and lecture series founded by the Abbot and
monks of Saint Martin's Abbey in 1980. To date Abbey Church Events has
presented more than one hundred and fifty scholarly lectures and
classical music concerts by some of the most luminous scholars and
artists of our day. Some of our Abbey Church Events artists also do
community outreach and master classes.
Though Abbey Church
Events lectures and concerts are offered to the public free of charge, a
freewill offering in support of the series is suggested. The series is
underwritten by the interest on a small endowment established by the
Benedictine monks of Saint Martin's Abbey, by freewill offerings,
bequests, and occasional grants.
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Gayle Martin Henry
Piano |
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“Her technique and vitality are
astonishing. Her tone, perfect.” |
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La Crónica, Rosario, Argentina |
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With grateful thanks to Fairchild Record
Search, Ltd.
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Saturday, 6th October - 8:00 p.m.
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Orfeo Duo |
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Vita Wallace
Violin |
Ishmael Wallace
Piano |
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A recital of music
evoking the spirit of “fin de siecle” Vienna |
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Lecture - Kreielsheimer Hall
Friday, 2nd November, at 10:00 a.m.
“Lyricism
and Compression in Brahms and Webern”
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Saturday, 3rd November - 8:00 p.m.
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Hope Briggs |
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Soprano
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Jay Rozendaal
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Piano |
“. . . soprano Hope Briggs was stellar . . .”
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Opera News |
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With grateful thanks for a gift in memory of Dr. John N.
Gehlen |
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Saturday, 2nd February - 8:00 p.m.
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Rebel |
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Ensemble for Baroque Music |
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MATTHIAS MAUTE
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Recorders and Transverse Flute |
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JÖRG-MICHAEL SCHWARZ & KAREN MARIE MARMER
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Violins |
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JOHN MORAN
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Cello |
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DONGSOK SHIN
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Harpsichord
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Irregular Pearls: Baroque music from European
courts and chambers
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With grateful thanks to Olympia Federal
Savings and to Sodexho at Saint Martin’s
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Saturday, 29th March - 8:00 p.m.
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THE REVEREND
ERIC HOLLAS, O.S.B.
Saint John’s Abbey
Senior Associate for Arts and Cultural Affairs
Saint John’s University
Collegeville
The Saint John’s Bible: an expression of the
Benedictine
monks’ daily focus on scripture and commitment to
books, art and religious culture.
• Abbot Gerald R. Desmond Lecture •
Part One
“The Genesis of a Twenty First
Century Manuscript”
Saturday, 19th April - 2:00 p.m.
Part Two
“Art in the Service of the Sacred:
The Art of the Saint John’s Bible”
Sunday, 20th April - 2:00 p.m.
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Events are not ticketed and seating is generally unreserved.
Doors
open one hour prior to starting time.
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