The annual Kenneth Babcock Memorial Masterworks Concert features a deeply moving and lesser known work of Dietrich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri.
The William Baker Festival Singers & Chamber Orchestra presents the deeply moving Membra Jesu Nostri of Dietrich Buxtehude. The six Latin cantatas that comprise the work will be interspersed with appropriate selections from the Sacred Harp and African-American spirituals tradition, along with God So Loved the World by John Stainer and Anthems for the Cross by Kansas City composer Geoffrey Wilcken.
The annual concert commemorates the memory of educator, philanthropist and business leader Kenneth Charles Babcock, 1941-2013, a champion of the Festival Singers for many years.
The William Baker Festival Singers is a 50-voice semi-professional chorale specializing in short-form sacred classics and spirituals from across the globe. Based in Kansas City since 1998, the choir has performed in New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Austin, New Orleans, San Antonio, and many other cities. they have produced over a dozen nationally-released recordings, and have been featured in national media, including National Public Radio's Performance Today.
$20 general admission; $15 students & seniors +65; $5 youth 17 & under; $50 patron reserved
At the door or online: www.FestivalSingers.org/concerts
Phone: 913-488-7524
Email: Mail@FestivalSingers.org
2019/04/07 - 2019/04/07
Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 West 13th Street, Kansas City, MO