Onward 📚

Sound out your majesty, O God, and call us to your work; that, like thy servant Johann Sebastian Bach, we might present our lives and our works to your glory alone; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Minneapolis Institute of Art

BRITTEN Simple Symphony BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, Rhenish MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA SARAH GRIMES violin SILVER AINOMÄE cello ALESSIO BAX piano STEPHANIE CHILDRESS conductor

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” — Lamentations 3:22-24

Liberating God, we thank you for the steadfast courage of your servant Pauli Murray, who fought long and well: Unshackle us from the chains of prejudice and fear, that we may show forth the reconciling love and true freedom which you revealed in your Son our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

August Wilson’s JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE

“Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.” — Psalm 36:5

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor Zoltán Kodály: Summer Evening Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Jonathan Biss, piano R. SCHUMANN Konzertstück G. KURTÁG Hommage à R. Schumann for Clarinet, Viola, Piano C. SCHUMANN Trio in G Minor A. READ THOMAS Clara’s Ascent R. SCHUMANN Piano Concerto G. KURTÁG Játékok for Solo Piano and Signs, Games, and Messages String Trio

BARBER Adagio for Strings MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 7 MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA EVREN OZEL Piano THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD Conductor

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra with Abel Selaocoe Edmund Finnis: The Centre is Everywhere Claude Debussy Arr. Iain Farrington: Sonata for Cello and Chamber Orchestra John Cage Arr. Karen Phillips: Dream Julius Eastman: The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc for String Orchestra

“As with rosy steps the morn, Advancing, drives the shades of night, So from virtuous toil well-borne, Raise Thou our hopes of endless light.” — Thomas Morell (1749)

“Blue is the color of longing for the distances you never arrive in, for the blue world.” — Rebecca Solnit, ‘A Field Guide to Getting Lost’

“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” — Meister Eckhart

Almighty God, whose blessed Son our Savior Jesus Christ ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things: Mercifully give us faith to perceive that, according to his promise, he abides with his Church on earth, even to the end of the ages. Amen. Ascension Icon by Mykola Rybenchuk

Loving God, we bless your Name for Frances Perkins, who in faithfulness to her baptism envisioned a society in which all might live in health and decency: Help us, following her example and in union with her prayers, to contend tirelessly for justice and for the protection of all. Amen.

“One is but the other different and deferred, one differing and deferring the other. One is the other in différance, one is the différance of the other.” — Jacques Derrida #KinshipAcrossLinesofDifference

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 67 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Sang Yoon Kim, clarinet The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai, Als alle Knospen sprangen, Da ist in meinem Herzen Die Liebe aufgegangen.

ADOLPHE Underneath the Sheen R. STRAUSS Oboe Concerto BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 NATHAN HUGHES Oboe MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA KRISTIINA POSKA Conductor

Wallaby (2007) by Rona Pondick at The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater “Jazz Island” Choreography: Maija García Music: Etienne Charles “Difference Between” Choreography: Mathew Neenan Music: Heather Christian|Arbornauts “Song of the Anchorite” Choreography: Jamar Roberts Music: Maurice Ravel “Revelations” Choregraphy: Alvin Ailey

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O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord's resurrection: Stir up in your Church that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

‘When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.’ — The Gospel according to John

MAUNDY THURSDAY “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” — Jesus

HOLY WEEK 🎧

BACEWICZ Concerto for String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade INON BARNATAN Piano MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA ANNA SUŁKOWSKA-MIGOŃ Conductor