SALT LAKE CHORAL ARTISTS TO PERFORM ALL-BERNSTEIN PROGRAM

Brady Allred and the Salt Lake Choral Artists will be performing an all-Bernstein concert this weekend. On the program are three works: the Chichester Psalms, a concert arrangement of Mass and the Missa Brevis.

The Chichester Psalms is a setting of psalms from the Hebrew bible; its focal point is a poignant setting of Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”

Bernstein was commissioned to write Mass for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in 1971. In its original form, it was a theater piece for “singers, players and dancers.” Recently a concert version of the work was published. “This version is a compilation of the best 30 minutes of the work,” Allred told Reichel Recommends.

Missa Brevis was Bernstein’s last completed work, written in the year before his death in 1990. It was written in honor of Robert Shaw when he retired as music director of the Atlanta Symphony. Shaw premiered and recorded the work with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus.

Joining Allred and the choir will be countertenor Miles Romney and tenor Tyler Nelson.

The performances take place Oct. 10-11 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Ambrose Church, 1975 S. 2300 East. Tickets are $20 for general and $10 for students and available at www.saltlakechoralartists.org.