On Sunday, March 18th, at 7:00pm, Saint Benedict Catholic Church will present a concert of 17th and 18th century sacred music for the Lenten season, entitled In Manus Tuas, Domine (Into your hands, Lord) at Saint Benedict. The concert will feature the Richmond-based period instrument ensemble, Jefferson Baroque and vocalists from the parish, performing choral, instrumental, and organ works by: William Byrd, J. S. Bach, Giuseppe Tartini, and Michel Richard De Lalande. Following the concert there will be a reception in the Parish Center. No admission will be charged, but a free-will offering will be accepted.
The program is as follows:
-In Manus Tuas, arranged for consort, William Byrd (1539-1623)
-Ne Irascaris Domine, From Cantiones Sacrae, Byrd
-Stabat Mater, Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
-An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653, J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
-Largo (from Concerto in e), Tartini
-Grand Motet: Ad Te Domine Clamabo, Michel Richard De Lalande (1657-1726)