David G. Truemper Memorial Concert  

A Concert of Psalm Settings Near and Far

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

8:00 pm

The Valparaiso University Chorale
Christopher M. Cock, director

Angela Young Smucker, soloist

Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV 1083 was written by J.S. Bach in the second half of the 1740s when he was in Leipzig. Using the text of Psalm 51, Bach transcribed Giovanni Pergolesi’s Stabat mater, expanding the viola part and making other adjustments to the piece to fit the German text.

This performance on period instruments will include Early Music specialists of Chicago:

Heather Brandon-DeSouza, soprano
Angela Young Smucker, mezzo-soprano
Martin Davids and Wendy Benner, violins
Vannia Phillips, viola
Craig Trompeter, cello
Richard Hoskins, organ

Tickets:  $15 adults $10 Sr. Citizens and non-Valpo students Free to Valpo students, faculty and staff.