Light from Light, Saturday, March 28, 2026 7:30 pm Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham Duke Chapel Choir, Mallarmé MusicZebulon M. Highben, conductor On the eve of Holy Week, the Duke Chapel Choir joins forces with Mallarmé Music to perform two stunning expressions of faith.Arvo Pärt’s Berliner Messe was written in 1990 for a German […]
Performed by Forgotten Clefs, "Surviving Inquisition" traces the musical journey of Sephardic Jews from the thirteenth century in Alfonso el Sabio's Castile, through the early years of the Inquisition in late fifteenth-century Catholic Spain, to Italy in the early seventeenth century, where many Jews lived following expulsion. Using European and Arabic instruments-including dulcians, harp, hurdy-gurdy, […]
Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. This year's cantata series, Bach &, features cantatas, concerti, and organ works by Bach and his contemporaries, illuminating the connections and differences between these Baroque masters. This concert […]
The World Waits in Hope Presented by the Choral Society of Durham Rodney Wykoop, director SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st, 2025 | 4:00 PM The Choral Society is joined by a chamber orchestra from Mallarmé Music to present holiday music from five centuries and five different countries. Besides music by well-known composers Vivaldi, Buxtehude, and John Rutter, the concert […]
Duke Chapel Music presents MESSIAH Presented by Duke Chapel Music with Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Choir FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2025, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2025, 3:00 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2025, 4:00 PM CHEA KANG, sopranoKEY'MON MURRAH, contertenorKAY'MON MURRAH, tenorEDMUND MILLY, bassDavid Rayl, guest conductorSince 1933, Duke University Chapel has welcomed […]
Duke Chapel Music presents MESSIAH Presented by Duke Chapel Music with Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Choir FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2025, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2025, 3:00 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2025, 4:00 PM CHEA KANG, sopranoKEY'MON MURRAH, contertenorKAY'MON MURRAH, tenorEDMUND MILLY, bassDavid Rayl, guest conductorSince 1933, Duke University Chapel has welcomed […]
Duke Chapel Music presents MESSIAH Presented by Duke Chapel Music with Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Choir FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2025, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2025, 3:00 PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2025, 4:00 PM CHEA KANG, sopranoKEY'MON MURRAH, contertenorKAY'MON MURRAH, tenorEDMUND MILLY, bassDavid Rayl, guest conductorSince 1933, Duke University Chapel has welcomed the […]
Listen to the music of two Baroque-era master composers-Johann Sebastian Bach and Antonio Vivaldi-and will be performed by an ensemble comprising students, music department faculty, and Mallarmé Music Baroque instrumentalists. Repertoire * Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor, RV 522 (for two violins) * Bach's Vivaldi Concerto in A minor, BWV 593 (organ solo) * Bach's […]
Join Mallarme Music HIP and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir directed by Dr. Philip Cave in the 3rd concert of the series on Sunday, Feb 2, 5:00 pm at Duke University Chapel The theme of this concert is "Leipzig III: Solo Cantatas," featuring these cantatas: * Ich habe genug (BWV 82)* Ich will den Kreuzstab […]
The Choral Society of Durham and Mallarme Music presents: All The World Rejoices conducted by Rodney Wynkoop on Sunday, Dec 22, 4 pm Duke University Chapel Featuring: Gerald Finzi (British 1901-1956) – In Terra Pax, with chamber strings and soprano and bass soloists Daniel Pinkham (U.S. 1923-2006) – Christmas Cantata, with brass ensemble Conrad Susa […]
Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Concert Sunday, October 20, 2024, 5:00 p.m. Location: Duke University Chapel Dr. Philip Cave, director Duke Chapel Bach Choir Mallarme Music Leipzig I: Reformation Music Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 80 Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott BWV 720 Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit BWV 111 Pre-concert […]
Bach Cantata Series: Chamber Cantatas Sunday, September 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm Location: Duke Chapel Dr. Philip Cave - director, Duke Chapel Bach Choir and Mallarmé Music HIP musicians. Johann Sebastian Bach's church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the […]
Duke Chapel presents J.S. Bach's "St. John Passion" Sunday, April 7, at 4:00 p.m. Duke University Chapel Purchase tickets: https://buff.ly/49uGRNL First performed 300 years ago on Good Friday, April 7, 1724, "St. John Passion" is renowned for its dramatic choruses, expressive arias, and compelling narrative. It sets text from the Gospel of John, chapters 18 […]
Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir present music of JS Bach on period instruments, led by Dr. Philip Cave. Sunday, Feb 4, 5:00 pm Johann Sebastian Bach's church cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. The […]
Choral Society of Durham with Mallarmé Musicians and Durham Children's Choir Dr. Rodney Wynkoop - conductor Presents a Holiday Concert featuring music from three traditionsAriel Ramirez, Navidad Nuestra with guitar, percussion, and keyboard (Latin America)Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols with string orchestra (British)Z. Randall Stroope, Hodie with brass, percussion and Durham Children's Choir (US) TICKETS General Admission $5 […]
On December 10, 1933, the Duke Chapel Choir presented a concert of “selections from Handel’s Messiah,” and a beloved Duke University holiday tradition was born. This year marks the 90th anniversary of that first performance. In music that is both treasured and timeless, G. F. Handel recounts the story of humanity’s redemption through the birth, […]
On December 10, 1933, the Duke Chapel Choir presented a concert of “selections from Handel’s Messiah,” and a beloved Duke University holiday tradition was born. This year marks the 90th anniversary of that first performance. In music that is both treasured and timeless, G. F. Handel recounts the story of humanity’s redemption through the birth, […]
On December 10, 1933, the Duke Chapel Choir presented a concert of “selections from Handel’s Messiah,” and a beloved Duke University holiday tradition was born. This year marks the 90th anniversary of that first performance. In music that is both treasured and timeless, G. F. Handel recounts the story of humanity’s redemption through the birth, […]
Sunday, November 19 at 5:00 pm Duke University Chapel more 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708 FREE! A New Heaven and a New Earth J.S. Bach: Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48 (Wretched being, who will restore me) Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548 Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70 […]
Mallarmé and Duke Chapel Music combine forces to present a series of J.S. Bach Cantatas on period instruments with historical performance practices. Dr. Philip Cave conducts the ensemble and the Duke Chapel Bach Choir. September 17, 2023, 5:00 pm Duke University Chapel Fear and Hope O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 (Eternity, thou word of […]