Since it began in 1989, i Fiori Musicali has
attracted talented musicians and admirers of sacred
music to the campus of the Pontifical College Josephinum.
The 2008-2009 season is a celebrated milestone for
two reasons. Not only is it the 20th year of
the series, it also is themed “the year of
the organ.” The Josephinum celebrates the arrival
of the Wacek Family Memorial Organ, made possible
through the generosity of the Wacek family and many
other seminary benefactors.
The Rose Ensemble - Celebremos el Niño
A Mexican Baroque Christmas
November 21, 2008 (Friday) 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture, 7:30 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
Early Mexican music resounds in this joyful holiday
program featuring more than two centuries of festive
Christmas dances, ballads and villancicos from the
great cathedrals of Puebla and Mexico City. Accompanied
by viola da gamba, vihuela da mano and African drums,
solos and choruses burst forth in this program that
is anything but predictable.
Tickets: General Admission $25, Seniors (age 62 and
older) $20, Students $10. All tickets available through
CAPA (614) 469-0939, Ticketmaster (614) 431-3600,
or Early Music in Columbus (614) 861-4569.
ProMusica Orchestra Handel’s Messiah
December 13, 2008 (Saturday)
■ Family Messiah Matinee 2:00 p.m.
General Admission $15, Students with ID
$5.
■ The Best of Handel’s Messiah
5:30 p.m.
General Admission $30, Students $5 (Accompanying
adult $10).
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
Artistic Director - Timothy Russell
ProMusica Orchestra is joined by Lancaster Chorale
for two Messiah opportunities: A performance of
Part 1 and the Hallelujah Chorus at the matinee;
and a fuller rendition of the great masterpiece
in the evening.
Lancaster Chorale: Robert Trocchia, Director; Sari
Gruber, Soprano; Abigail Nims, Mezzo-soprano; Vale
Rideout, Tenor; Jake Gardner, Bass-baritone.
Tickets: See pricing above. All tickets are available
at the door; in advance by calling ProMusica (614)
464-0066, or online
at www.promusicacolumbus.org. For information, email
info@promusicacolumbus.org.
Scioto Valley Brass
and Percussion
December 14, 2008 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m.
Fick Auditorium, Pontifical College Josephinum
Christopher Hoch - Conductor
Seasonal music decked out in all shapes and sizes
of brass!
Tickets: General Admission $10, Seniors and Students
$5. All tickets available at the door. For information
call (614) 882-5297 or (614) 309-3763.
The Early Interval: A Mediterranean Twelfth
Night Celebration
■ January 9 & 10, 2009 (Friday & Saturday)
8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:30 p.m.
■ January 11, 2009 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College Josephinum
The Early Interval’s annual celebration of
Twelfth Night will feature music from the Middle
Ages, Renaissance and Baroque that originated in
countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Among
the composers represented on the program will be
Morales, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Eustache Du Caurroy,
Costanzo Festa, and Claudio Monteverdi.
The Early Interval: Ron Cook (Director), Jim Bates,
Janice Cook, William Dunlap, Aaron Minnick, Monica
Rudy and Tamara Seckel.
Tickets: General Admission $25, Seniors (age 62
and older) $20, Students $10. All tickets available
through CAPA (614) 469-0939, Ticketmaster (614) 431-3600,
or Early Music in Columbus (614) 861-4569.
James Yeager in Concert - On the Wacek Family
Memorial Organ
January 23, 2009 (Friday) 8:00 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
The first in a series of dedicatory programs to
celebrate the new three manual, 31-stop pipe organ
will feature works including those of J.S. Bach,
Jehan Alain, Olivier Messiaen, and Ralph Vaughan
Williams.
Tickets: Free admission to the public. Tickets not
required. Donations to the organ sustaining fund
are welcome.
ProMusica Chamber Orchestra - Bach to Bach:
Gluzman & Hoffman!
February 7, 2009 (Saturday) 5:30 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College Josephinum
Timothy Russell - Music Director
Guest Artists - Vadim Gluzman, Violin; Gary
Hoffman, Cello.
Haydn - Symphony No. 45 “Farewell”
Bach - Suite No. 3 for Solo Cello
Bach - Partita in D Minor for Solo Violin
Vivaldi - Concerto for Violin and Cello
Two of the world’s great artists, power duo
Vadim Gluzman and Gary Hoffman, join ProMusica for
this unforgettable performance.
Tickets: ProMusica single-concert prices $30. All
tickets are available at the door; in advance by
calling ProMusica (614) 464-0066 or online at
www.promusicacolumbus.org. For information, email
info@promusicacolumbus.org.
Christine Shumway Mortine, Soprano, and
Columbus Bach Ensemble Musicians
February 22, 2009 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College Josephinum
Works include J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 51, “Jauchzet”,
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor “Et incarnatus
est”, and Trimble’s Canterbury Tales.
Tickets: General Admission $15, Students $10.
All tickets available at the door. For information
call (614) 205-3129.
ProMusica Orchestra - Organ Extravaganza!
Chamber Music Series at the Josephinum
■ March 7, 2009 (Saturday) 5:30 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College Josephinum
Timothy Russell - Artistic Director
ProMusica celebrates the Wacek Family Memorial Organ
in the instrument’s inaugural year with a program
devoted to compositions for organ and chamber orchestra
(Respighi, Mozart, Elgar, Handel, Pinkham and Bach),
performed by leading organists in our fair city – James
Hildreth, Sara Seidel, Timothy Smith, Paul Thornock,
and James Yeager.
■ April 18, 2009
(Saturday) 5:30 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
Program and artists to be announced. Save the date
for ProMusica excellence as usual!
Tickets: ProMusica single-concert prices: $30. All
tickets are available at the door; in advance by
calling ProMusica (614) 464-0066 or online at
www.promusicacolumbus.org. For information, email
info@promusicacolumbus.org.
Roberts Wesleyan College Choir
and Orchestra on Tour
March 21, 2009 (Saturday) 7:00 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
Stephen Caracciolo - Conductor
The large collegiate choir and chamber orchestra
from Rochester visit Columbus on its domestic tour.
They will offer a varied program of choral music
that glories in the chapel’s resonant acoustics.
Tickets: Free admission to the public. Tickets not
required. A freewill donation will be welcome to
defray concert expenses. For information call (614)
885-5585.
Josephinum Choir - Choirs and Organs: Grande
Finale
May 3, 2009 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m.
Solemn Vespers, 5:00 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
The Josephinum Choir and Schola Cantorum Josephinum
(James A. Yeager, Music Director) continues the great
tradition of music for men’s chorus plus Gregorian
Chant antiphons. They are joined by Saint Patrick
Choir (Kathleen Tully, Music Director).
Tickets: Free admission to the public. Tickets not
required. After the concert there is an intermission
before Solemn Vespers. All are welcome to remain
for the sung liturgy, which lasts fewer than thirty
minutes and includes more choral music. For information
call (614) 885-5585.
Naji Hakim in Concert - Organist, Composer,
Improviser
May 22, 2009 (Friday) 8:00 p.m.
St. Turibius Chapel, Pontifical College
Josephinum
Dr. Hakim, a native of Beirut, studied with J. Langlais
at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de
Musique de Paris where he was awarded seven first
prizes. He was organist of the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur,
Paris, from 1985 until 1993, and then became organist
of l'église de la Trinité, Paris from
1993 until 2008 in succession to Olivier Messiaen.
Dr. Hakim is professor of musical analysis at the
Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne-Billancourt,
and visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music,
London. He is a member of the Consociatio Internationalis
Musicae Sacrae in Rome and Doctor honoris causa of
the University Saint-Esprit of Kaslik, Lebanon. In
2007, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, awarded Naji
Hakim the Insignia Augustae crucis insigne pro Ecclesia
et Pontifice, for his excellent commitment and work
for the benefit of the Church and the Holy Father.
Tickets: General Admission $15, Students$5. Tickets
available at the door. For information call (614)
885-5585.