The program will feature the madrigals of Heinrich Schütz from 1611 performed by a consort of prominent Philadelphia musicians: sopranos Jessica Beebe & Abigail Chapman, contralto Robin Bier, tenor John Leonard, and bass Steven Eddy, with special guests mezzo-soprano, Allie Faulkner, tenor Daniel Taylor, and bass Graham Bier.

These wonderful five-voiced a cappella pieces were the capstone project of the young German's composition studies with Giovanni Gabrieli in Venice. Schütz returned home shortly after to usher in the Baroque style in Germany that would ultimately reach its zenith with Johann Sebastian Bach.

The artists will tell the story of these fascinating pieces and their important place in the musical canon during the program. The combined voices of vocal artists performing these madrigals in the wonderful acoustic of the Barthelmes Auditorium at the German Society of Pennsylvania will be sure to please.