Rembrandt van Rijn. Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem. 1630.

Francois Couperin, a man of the court and worldly sophistication, wrote his Leçons de Tenebres for a convent and composed the most heartfelt, expressive readings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah.  Henry Purcell was a man of the theater and “took many a bosey,” yet his spiritual songs and motets touch all of us with their longing for forgiveness, for salvation, for some way to live with our human imperfections. Four Nations’ cloister garden concert offers heartfelt expressions of hope, faith, penance, and grace through music.

Ensemble

Pascale Beaudin, soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Chloe Fedor, violin
Loretta O’Sullivan, cello
Scott Pauley, lute
Andrew Appel, harpsichord

Program

Couperin, Biber, Purcell

Couperin's Lamentations of Jeremiah are among the most moving, heartfelt, and exquisitely styled compositions of the Baroque. For the Lenten period, Four Nations brings Pascale Beaudin and Thomas Cooley to sing profoundly moving hymns and lamentations of Purcell and Caldara with Chloe Fedor performing Biber's descriptive sonatas on the life of Christ.

General admission tickets: $50

Performances at the Chapel of The Church of the Heavenly Rest are made possible with a generous gift from Christian Draz.