Combined Choir Concert for Palm Sunday

St. John Passion, by Bob Chilcott

Sung by the choirs of:

• St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Charlottesville

• Christ Church, Charlottesville

• St. Paul’s, Ivy

With soloists, organ, and cello.

On Sunday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m., St. Paul’s will present a special concert of choral music for Palm Sunday. The combined choirs of St. Paul’s Memorial Church Charlottesville, Christ Church Charlottesville, and St. Paul’s Ivy will offer Bob Chilcott’s complete St. John Passion. The story of Christ’s trial and Crucifixion is narrated by the Evangelist, while the choir and other soloists punctuate and enhance the drama throughout. William Ferguson, tenor, will be the guest soloist, serving in the role of the Evangelist. The choir and soloists are accompanied by organ and cello and there are several hymns for choir/congregation within the hour-long work. The Gospel texts are paired with English poems from the thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries that express deeply human responses to death, to life, and to man’s relationship with the world and with God.