Fall 2017–Spring 2018

MUSIC AT DUKE CHAPEL

Sep 10 BRASS RECITAL5:15pm Amalgam Brass Ensemble

Sep 24 CARILLON RECITAL5pm J. Samuel Hammond

Oct 15 ORGAN RECITAL SERIES5pm Kola Owolabi

Oct 20 FALL CONCERT8pm Duke Vespers Ensemble

Oct 29 BACH CANTATA SERIES5:15pm Bach Choir & Orchestra

Oct 31 ALL HALLOWS’ EVE SERVICE10:30pm Duke Vespers Ensemble

Nov 5 ALL SAINTS’ REQUIEM EUCHARIST

4pm Duke Evensong Singers

Nov 13 JAZZ VESPERS7:30pm Duke Jazz Program

Nov 19 MESSIAH SING-ALONG5:15pm Rodney Wynkoop, director

Nov 26 BACH CANTATA SERIES5:15pm Bach Choir & Orchestra

Dec 1 HANDEL’S MESSIAH7:30pm Duke Chapel Choir Dec 2 2pm Dec 3 3pm

Dec 7 ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS6pm Duke Vespers Ensemble

Dec 17 ORGAN RECITAL SERIES5pm Christopher Jacobson

Dec 24 CHRISTMAS EVE LESSONS & CAROLS

11pm Public Community Choir

Fall 2016 –Spring 2017For driving direction and visitor information, please visit chapel.duke.edu/contact.

Fall 2017–Spring 2018

MUSIC AT DUKE CHAPEL

Through the generous support of our partners and the friends of Duke Chapel, many of these concerts are FREE and open to the public.

Performances requiring a ticket have been noted with a icon. Tickets can be purchased at the Duke University Box Office at tickets.duke.edu or 919-684-4444.

Jan 7 EPIPHANY LESSONS & CAROLS4pm Duke Evensong Singers

Jan 21 ORGAN SCHOLARS RECITAL5:15pm Joseph Fala &

Jacob M. Montgomery

Jan 28 BACH CANTATA SERIES 5:15pm Bach Choir & Orchestra

Feb 4 WINTER CONCERT4pm Duke Evensong Singers

Feb 11 ORGAN RECITAL SERIES5pm Dongho Lee & Andrew Pester

Feb 25 BACH CANTATA SERIES 5:15pm Bach Choir & Orchestra

Mar 4 MENDELSSOHN’S ELIJAH4pm Duke Chapel Choir & Duke Chorale

Mar 25 ORGAN RECITAL SERIES5pm Robert Parkins

Mar 29 MAUNDY THURSDAY7:00pm Duke Chapel Choir

Mar 30 TENEBRAE7:30pm Duke Chapel Choir

Apr 1 EASTER SUNDAY9am Duke Chapel Choir11am

Apr 8 CARILLON RECITAL1pm J. Samuel Hammond

Apr 8 HYMN FESTIVAL5:15pm John Ferguson

Apr 22 ORGAN RECITAL SERIES5pm David Briggs with choir & soloists

May 6 ASCENSION DAY EVENSONG3:30pm Duke Evensong Singers

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP11am Chapel Choir

SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVENSONG4pm Evensong Singers

THURSDAY EVENING VESPERS6pm Vespers Ensemble

SACRED MUSIC IN WEEKLY WORSHIP

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“Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.”

–Martin Luther

LETTER FROM THE DEANThis year, I invite you to be a part of the living tradition of music at Duke University Chapel.

We are made in the image of God: creative and beautiful in our diversity. When I see the community come to Duke Chapel to listen, to worship, to join the mighty chorus, and to experience the power of music in all of its variety, I am encouraged, strengthened, and empowered to be part of this beautiful creation of God.

For this upcoming year, we have invited an outstanding slate of organists, choral singers, soloists, and other instrumentalists to fill the Chapel with the sounds of joy and excellence. Once again, we will offer our signature events: Messiah, the Organ Recital Series, and Carillon Recitals. Choral Vespers and Evensong services return, and of course, the musical and liturgical traditions of Advent, Christmas, and Easter. New works and new artists will round out the season.   

You will not want to miss the “sound of music” this year. Come, listen, and reflect. Come, sing along. Come and hope. Mark your calendars and join us for the 2017–2018 season of music at the Chapel.

In peace,

The Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery Dean of Duke University Chapel@LukeAPowery

G. F. HANDEL

Duke Chapel Choir

Dr. Rodney Wynkoop, Director

Dec 1, 7:30pm Dec 2, 2pm Dec 3, 3pm

For eighty-five years, Messiah has been the cornerstone of the Chapel’s concert life and one of the centerpieces of Duke’s holiday season. Performed annually during the season of Advent, Handel’s masterpiece tells the story of much more than the birth of Jesus. Tracing the history of humankind’s divine redemption through Christ, Messiah relates much of the biblical story from prophecy to Christ’s life, death, resurrection, and glorification in heaven.

The Duke Chapel Choir is joined by professional vocal soloists and orchestra.

Through a collaboration between Duke Chapel and Trans World Radio, this year Messiah will be broadcast internationally.

This event is ticketed. Please visit tickets.duke.edu for more information.

MESSIAH

Mar 4, 4pmFelix Mendelssohn’s oratorio collects key events from the life of Old Testament prophet Elijah as he seeks to reunify the Jewish people and recommit them to the worship of the one true God. From deep drought to the moment of Elijah’s fiery ascension into the heavens, Mendelssohn’s dramatic work shows the influence of composers such as Bach, Handel, and Haydn, while existing as a thoroughly Romantic work. The Duke Chapel Choir is joined by the Duke Chorale, professional vocal soloists, and orchestra.

This event is ticketed. Please visit tickets.duke.edu for more information.

MENDELSSOHN

Duke Chapel Choir & Duke Chorale

Dr. Rodney Wynkoop, Director

ELIJAH

Dr. Robert Parkins, Director

Sundays, 5pm

A staple of the Chapel Music calendar, the Organ Recital Series showcases internationally acclaimed organists performing beloved favorites, modern masterpieces, and original improvisations. The Chapel’s Aeolian, Flentrop, and Brombaugh organs are all featured in this series.

Oct 15 DR. KOLA OWOLABI , whose playing has been described as “a thrilling combination of technical prowess and artistic ingenuity” (The American Organist), will present an eclectic program of music from the 17th through 20th centuries on the Brombaugh and Flentrop organs. In 2002, Owolabi was awarded Second Prize, as well as the Audience Prize, at the American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. Previously the University Organist at Syracuse University, he is now an Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Michigan.

Dec 17 CHRISTOPHER JACOBSON, FRCO , Chapel Organist and Divinity School Organist at Duke, has won prizes in several organ competitions. He has presented organ recitals throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, and records for the Dutch label Pentatone. One reviewer noted that “demonstrating excellent technique and mature interpretation, Christopher Jacobson presented one of the strongest recitals of the convention” (The American Organist). His recital this year, performed on the Aeolian organ, will include music by Marcel Dupré and Petr Eben, as well as works based on seasonal carols.

Feb 11 DONGHO LEE & ANDREW PESTER A native of South Korea, Dongho Lee has been praised for her “drive and energy” and her “ability to tenderly shape a musical line” (The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians). She will be joined by her husband, Andrew Pester, at the Aeolian organ in a transcription of The Planets by Gustav Holst, celebrating the centennial of this popular orchestral work’s premiere. In 2010, Lee won both the First Prize and the Audience Prize at the American Guild of Organists National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance. Pester, a Ph.D. Candidate in Musicology at Duke, holds degrees in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music and Yale University. Both organists have performed throughout the United States and Europe.

Mar 25 DR. ROBERT PARKINS , University Organist and a Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke, has performed throughout the United States and Europe, as well as in Central America. His organ and harpsichord recordings have appeared on the Calcante, Gothic, Musical Heritage Society, and Naxos labels. This season’s program, presented on the Aeolian organ, will feature music by German Romantic and American composers. Included among the American works will be the first performance of Noel’s Psalm (A Sonata for Organ), a newly commissioned piece by North Carolina composer Dan Locklair.

Apr 22 DAVID BRIGGS, FRCO , recently appointed Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, has built a worldwide reputation as a dazzling performer and creative improviser. In recent years he has become increasingly sought after for his organ arrangements of massive orchestral scores. The final concert of this season’s series will feature Briggs performing his transcription of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection). He will be joined by a choir and soloists under the direction of Dr. Rodney Wynkoop. A recent review extolled David Briggs’s playing as

“unquestionably marvellous: shapely, virtuosic, and poetic in turns,” and lauded his “stupendous technical brilliance, musical imagination of the first order, and breathless inspiration” (The Organists’ Review).

ORGAN RECITAL SERIES

Oct 20, 8pm The Duke Vespers Ensemble has achieved a reputation for excellence in chamber music through regular services and concerts, multiple recordings, and appearances at national-level festivals and conferences. This year’s fall concert continues to explore the deep well of sacred choral music for which the choir has been known, while welcoming the incoming Associate Conductor of Chapel Music, Philip Cave, to lead the ensemble.

Feb 4, 4pm Poetry has inspired composers to write some of the most beautiful choral music we have today.  This concert traces poetry about light shining into darkness set to elegant music.  In addition to William Byrd’s “Ave verum corpus” and J. S. Bach’s Cantata 22, composer Benjamin Britten illuminates words by Christopher Smart in his cantata Rejoice in the Lamb.

VESPERS ENSEMBLEFall Concert

Dr. Philip Cave, Director EVENSONG SINGERSWinter Concert Lighten Our Darkness—Poetry in Music

Christopher Jacobson, FRCO, Director

VESPERS ENSEMBLE

& EVENSONG SINGERS

Nov 13, 7:30pm Listen, pray, and participate in this worship service combining the ancient Christian form of traditional evening vespers with the musical improvisation of jazz. This service, a collaboration with the Duke Jazz Program, occurs once a semester. A spring date will be announced on the Chapel’s website.

JAZZ VESPERS

Sept 24, 5pm Apr 8, 1pm

Duke Chapel’s 50-bell carillon provides some of the most treasured sounds on Duke’s campus. University Carillonneur J. Samuel Hammond will present two formal recitals this year. People attending these outdoor concerts are welcome to bring a chair or blanket.

CARILLON RECITALS

Oct 29Nov 26Jan 28Feb 25 The cantatas of J. S. Bach exist to teach, challenge, and inspire those who experience them—Soli Deo gloria. This series presents the works of Bach and others, with period instrument orchestras, local singers, and professional soloists.

Dr. Philip Cave, Director

Sundays, 5:15pm

BACH CANTATA SERIES

Sept 10, 5:15pm Amalgam Brass Recital

Jan 21, 5:15pm Organ Scholars Recital These concerts feature repertoire from two regular contributors to Chapel worship services. The Amalgam Brass Ensemble frequently enhances Sunday morning worship services; their concert will highlight brilliant brass arrangements and original works. Duke Chapel’s Organ Scholars, Joseph Fala and Jacob M. Montgomery, will present solo repertoire selections on the Chapel organs.

SPOTLIGHT RECITALS

Nov 19, 5:15pm Messiah Sing-Along

Apr 8, 5:15pm Hymn Festival Duke Chapel has a long tradition of being a home for all who wish to raise their voices. This year marks the return of the Messiah Sing-Along, featuring choral and solo highlights from Handel’s masterwork. The Hymn Festival will feature world-renowned organist John Ferguson, who will lead all who attend in beloved songs of the church. All are welcome to sing along.

COMMUNITY SINGING

FINDING SANCTUARY IN MUSICWhere do you Find Sanctuary?

Last year, we asked Duke students and Chapel visitors this question in a yearlong project. We wanted to see their pictures of sanctuary. The outpouring was extraordinary. More than 2,500 images were submitted through online postings and disposable cameras provided inside the Chapel. Some of these images suggested that a love of music was at the heart of people’s ideas of sanctuary. Everyone at the Chapel agrees. Music is one of the ways we find comfort and strength. Whether you sing or play an instrument as a professional or as an amateur enthusiast, there is something inspirational about the presentation of live music—solo and choral voices, brass and strings, and, of course, the organs that enliven Duke Chapel with their nearly limitless range. 

This year, we invite you to #FindSanctuary in music.  

Our schedule of concert performances and choral worship services is made possible by the longstanding and generous support of the friends of Duke Chapel. Among these are the many donors to Chapel music endowments, music funds, and unrestricted annual support. Partnering organizations—including WCPE and WUNC Radio, Duke Performances, Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts (DITA), and the entire university—support our efforts with new ideas, collaborative projects, and essential direct and in-kind support. We are deeply grateful for their generosity. 

I hope that you will be part of this community of supporters by making a generous gift to Duke Chapel today. You can do so online at gifts.duke.edu/chapel. Online giving is fast, secure, and a perfect way to support the Chapel and its music program. 

Where do you find sanctuary? We hope you will find it with us.

Amanda M. Hughes Director of Development & Strategy

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIPDuke Chapel Choir · Aug 27, 2017–Apr 22, 2018, 11:00amDr. Rodney Wynkoop, Director

Sunday morning worship unites the Duke and Durham communities in times of celebration and sorrow. In the service, the Chapel Choir presents anthems and leads hymn singing.

THURSDAY EVENING VESPERSDuke Vespers Ensemble · Sep 7, 2017–Apr 19, 2018, 6:00pmDr. Philip Cave, Director

As daylight fades, Choral Vespers invites students and community members into the darkened Chapel to experience sacred music, scripture readings, and prayer.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVENSONGDuke Evensong Singers · Aug 27, 2017–May 6, 2018, 4:00pmChristopher Jacobson, FRCO, Director

Distinct from the noisy world around us and derived from the traditions of the ancient church, Choral Evensong at Duke Chapel provides sanctuary through scripture and sacred music.

SACRED MUSIC IN WORSHIP

SPECIAL SERVICES

Oct 31, 10:30pm ALL HALLOWS’ EVENov 5, 4pm ALL SAINTS’ REQUIEM EUCHARIST WITH DURUFLÉ’S REQUIEMNov 13, 7:30pm JAZZ VESPERS Dec 7, 6pm ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLSDec 24, 11pm CHRISTMAS EVE LESSONS & CAROLSJan 7, 4pm EPIPHANY LESSONS & CAROLSMar 29, 7:00pm MAUNDY THURSDAYMar 30, 7:30pm TENEBRAEApr 1, 9am & 11am EASTER SUNDAY May 6, 3:30pm ASCENSION DAY EVENSONG WITH MESSIAEN’S L’ ASCENSION

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