Vocal Arts Ensemble: "Exultation and Lamentation" October 24, 2009

From the exultant outbursts of Rardin's My Spirit is Uncaged to the throbbing ululation of Whitacre's When David Heard, to the achingly beautiful oratorio, Jepthe, by Carissimi, this inaugural concert of the season spans all regions of emotion. Jepthe tells the story of the Israelite hero leader who, in exchange for the power to defeat the Ammonites, swears to the Lord that he will sacrifice the first to greet him when he returns home. That person is his daughter, who accepts her fate, requesting only that she may go to the mountains and lament. VAE's own Lorna Hildebrandt sings the role of the daughter.

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