May 19, 2024, 4 p.m.
Concert by Candlelight

Atlantic Reed Consort
Colleen Daly, soprano
in the 1889 Chapel

This concert shines a spotlight on reed instruments, with the Atlantic Reed Consort quintet performing a tapestry of German romantic and sacred music in the beautiful surroundings of St. Louis’ 1889 Chapel. Sopranos Colleen Daly and Laura Strickling share the stage. 

Since its founding in 2010, the Atlantic Reed Consort has brought chamber music to audiences worldwide in an unexpected format.  Embracing the experimental as well as adding new twists to classics, the quintet offers a cutting-edge sound and style that dazzles audiences, strengthening its reputation as one of the mid-Atlantic’s premier chamber music groups.  This exciting ensemble—comprising an oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bass clarinet, and bassoon—is also committed to showcasing new music and growing the reed quintet canon, commissioning and premiering works by living composers who are advancing the art.

A luminary on St. Louis stages and in opera houses nationwide, Colleen Daly brings her soprano voice to roles that showcase her artistry and velvety tone.  Apart from opera roles, Ms. Daly has delivered compelling performances in major concert venues and with symphony orchestras, performing in oratorios and other sacred music works, musical theater roles, and interpreting art songs.  Ms. Daly is also an in-demand music educator and voice coach. In July 2020, Ms. Daly became the Concert Series’ third artistic director, developing programs that celebrate connection and community through music.

The Atlantic Reed Consort

with Colleen Daly, soprano

Motet
Ron Ford / Arr. Raaf Hekkema

Sonata in D Minor
Antonio Vivaldi *

Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude
J. S. Bach (from Cantata BWV 147) *

Laudate Dominum K. V. 339
W. A. Mozart *

Ave Verum Corpus K. V. 618
W. A. Mozart *

Nocturne
Lili Boulanger *

Trios Pieces (Mvt. 3)
Nadia Boulanger *

Orchestral Suite No. 1 (Overture)
J. S. Bach *

* Arr. John Romano