Brandeis University, Helmsley Interfaith Concerts (May 9-10, 1959): Religious music by contemporary composers
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Brandeis Helmsley Interfaith Concerts, 1959
Description:
This program from 1959 is from a concert given at Brandeis Univrsity that featured religious music by contemporary composers. The concert featured works by Brandeis faculty and alumni. This program gives us insight into Henri Lazarof's connection to Brandeis and also the musical culture at Brandeis in the late 1950's and 60s. For this concert, there were two premieres - Lazarof's "Canata" and Walter Piston's "Psalm and Prayer of David". Lazarof's composition was the result of an invitiation by the Brandeis Music Department.
Mass in G - 1937 / Francis Poulenc
Hebrew Canata - Poems of Halevi - 1954 / Harold Shapero
Psalm and Prayer of David / Walter Piston
Canata (text from Ezekiel Chapter 37) / Henri Lazarof
Notes:
Cover: "Performances by the Chorus Pro Musica, Alfred Nash Patterson, Director, with vocal soloists, narrator and assisting instrumentalisss"
This concert was funded through the Helmsley Fund at Brandeis University and is used in furthering the concept of "interfaith". The concerts were arranged to represent each major western religion faith.
