November 16, 2009
MUSICAL WINTER CONCERTS IN ABU GHOSH,
SATURDAYS AT NOON FROM NOVEMBER – MARCH
The enchanting hillside village of Abu Ghosh, a short ride from Jerusalem, is known for its Vocal Music Festival held every Succot. The perfect acoustics in the village churches will once again come to the fore with the annual Musical Winter concert series.
This series presents seven concerts featuring works by, among others, Bach, Purcell and Schubert, as well as a homage to 1960s protest singers Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. such as the series of Bach Cantatas performed by the Israeli Bach Soloists. The concerts all take place at noon on a Saturday at the Kiryat Ye'arim Church overlooking the picturesque village.
The opening concert of the series, which takes place at noon on Saturday, 28.11.09, is a homage to the 1960s protest singers Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. Other concerts are as follows:
19.12.09: Handel's Messiah
26.12.09: Good Tidings – a special Christmas concert featuring works by Purcell and Bach
2.1.10: Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rossini and Christmas Songs with Bells
30.1.10: Fountain of Joy" - featuring cantatas by J.S. Bach and the Motet "Jesu meine Freude"
27.2.10: Schubert: Mass in G major and Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
20.3.10: The Crying Mother - an Easter program featuring Bach's Cantata 166 and Stabat Mater by Pergolesi
Advance ticket purchase: 972 3-6045000 or 972 2 -6237000/6222333
The village of Abu Ghosh has important Christian connections. Beginning in the twelfth century, Christians began to identify Abu Ghosh as Emmaus, where Jesus appeared after the Resurrection (Luke 24:12-31). They imagined an old caravansary they found by the village spring as the destination of the disciples as they walked along the road “about seven miles from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:13). The village’s impressive Crusader church, in a tranquil garden setting, is built over that spring. Its walls are adorned with paintings of New Testament figures – some of the oldest medieval frescos in the world. Abu Ghosh has also been identified as Kiriath Jearim, where the Ark of the Covenant was brought after Philistine captivity (1 Sam. 6:21); a church on the hill with a panoramic view marks that spot.
MUSICAL WINTER CONCERTS IN ABU GHOSH,
SATURDAYS AT NOON FROM NOVEMBER – MARCH
The enchanting hillside village of Abu Ghosh, a short ride from Jerusalem, is known for its Vocal Music Festival held every Succot. The perfect acoustics in the village churches will once again come to the fore with the annual Musical Winter concert series.
This series presents seven concerts featuring works by, among others, Bach, Purcell and Schubert, as well as a homage to 1960s protest singers Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. such as the series of Bach Cantatas performed by the Israeli Bach Soloists. The concerts all take place at noon on a Saturday at the Kiryat Ye'arim Church overlooking the picturesque village.
The opening concert of the series, which takes place at noon on Saturday, 28.11.09, is a homage to the 1960s protest singers Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. Other concerts are as follows:
19.12.09: Handel's Messiah
26.12.09: Good Tidings – a special Christmas concert featuring works by Purcell and Bach
2.1.10: Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rossini and Christmas Songs with Bells
30.1.10: Fountain of Joy" - featuring cantatas by J.S. Bach and the Motet "Jesu meine Freude"
27.2.10: Schubert: Mass in G major and Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
20.3.10: The Crying Mother - an Easter program featuring Bach's Cantata 166 and Stabat Mater by Pergolesi
Advance ticket purchase: 972 3-6045000 or 972 2 -6237000/6222333
The village of Abu Ghosh has important Christian connections. Beginning in the twelfth century, Christians began to identify Abu Ghosh as Emmaus, where Jesus appeared after the Resurrection (Luke 24:12-31). They imagined an old caravansary they found by the village spring as the destination of the disciples as they walked along the road “about seven miles from Jerusalem” (Luke 24:13). The village’s impressive Crusader church, in a tranquil garden setting, is built over that spring. Its walls are adorned with paintings of New Testament figures – some of the oldest medieval frescos in the world. Abu Ghosh has also been identified as Kiriath Jearim, where the Ark of the Covenant was brought after Philistine captivity (1 Sam. 6:21); a church on the hill with a panoramic view marks that spot.
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