Final Concert of Series Performed at SJB on Palm Sunday

The final concert of the 2014-2015 season at St. John Brebeuf, Niles, was held Sunday as a special Palm Sunday performance.

It is also the third and final Rudcki Commemorative Concert with the Musica Lumina Chamber Orchestra and the Niles Metropolitan Chorus performing Rossini’s Stabat Mater, sacred music by the celebrated opera composer and the Faure Requiem.

“We performed the gorgeous and inspired music of opera composer Rossini with Faure’s timeless setting during this Lenten performance,” says SJB Music Director Marek Rachelski

St. John Brebeuf Parish began the season in September. The 8-concert series called Musica Lumina featured three Rudcki Commemorative Concerts given in honor of the legacy of the Rev. Stanley Rudcki, the former Chair of the Niles College Department of Fine Arts, who founded the Niles Concert Choir and Niles Symphony Orchestra in the 1960’s. For more information including how to join a chorus or the 2015-2016 season, call 847-966-8145 or visit www.sjbrebeuf.org.

Caption:
L to r, Mary Lutz-Govertsen, soprano; Bradley Schuller, tenor; Musical Director Marek Rachelski; Lyle Nicholson, bass, and Ewa Kowcz-Fair, soprano. They performed the Stabat Mater by Gioachino Rossini.

Caption:
L to r, Musical Director Marek Rachelski, Soprano Elise LaBarge and Bariton David Govertsen performed the Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 by Gabriel Faure. Govertsen is a resident of Park Ridge and married to Soprano Mary Lutz-Govertsen who also performed that day.