~John Banno, The Washington Post-
"...A mezzo-soprano with a lilting voice..."
-Rebecca Corbett, The New York Times-
"The listener basked in the luxuriant richness of her lower register, while marveling at the facility of her upper tessitura... the depth of her conviction and connection to the music."
Aeternum crafts transformative experiences with exquisite vocal artistry. We’re devoted to musical excellence, bold and imaginative programming, and a passion for education. Each performance is designed to enchant, inspire, and uplift, while nurturing the next generation of ensemble singers who will carry the magic forward.
Aeternum crafts transformative experiences with exquisite vocal artistry. We’re devoted to musical excellence, bold and imaginative programming, and a passion for education. Each performance is designed to enchant, inspire, and uplift, while nurturing the next generation of ensemble singers who will carry the magic forward.
Join us for an extraordinary spring concert featuring Haydn’s majestic Lord Nelson Mass, Bach’s vibrant Cantata No.82 performed by internationally acclaimed singer Brandon Cedel and a special highlight—the lyrical “Romance” from Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, performed by acclaimed pianist Kathryn Locke. Experience the perfect blend of sacred grandeur, Baroque brilliance, and Classical elegance in the beautiful setting of St. Joseph Parish.
National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC
Our season finale—Bach’s Mass in B Minor—is arguably among the greatest musical compositions in any tradition. Through this work, Bach has given us a reservoir of comfort and healing for the soul. Although he likely never performed the work in its entirety during his lifetime, Bach’s surviving documents suggest a plan for its complete performance. Today, the work remains among the most treasured of any era.
National City Christian Church, 5 Thomas Circle, NW, Washington, DC
Our season finale—Bach’s Mass in B Minor—is arguably among the greatest musical compositions in any tradition. Through this work, Bach has given us a reservoir of comfort and healing for the soul. Although he likely never performed the work in its entirety during his lifetime, Bach’s surviving documents suggest a plan for its complete performance. Today, the work remains among the most treasured of any era.
Church of the Epiphany , 1317 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
Organ Prelude Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651
Cantata Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
St. Mark’s Capitol Hill, 301 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003
Organ Prelude Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 654 Fantasia super Komm, Heiliger Geist, BWV 651
Cantata Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150
National Presbyterian Church, 4101 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC
Among the most celebrated works in Western musical history, Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610) was dedicated to Pope Paul V at a moment when Claudio Monteverdi was aiming to make a quantum leap in his career prospects. After 20 years in the service of the illustrious Duke of Mantua, Monteverdi’s Marian vespers was published only three years before his star rose to the great Basilica of San Marco in Venice, where he famously served as music director for 30 years.
Heralded as a “modern-day Passion,” this transformative work searches for understanding and unity in the midst of tragedy.
Following their acclaimed collaboration in 2023, Variant 6 and Filament will again join forces, in March 2026, to present Dietrich Buxtehude’s magnum opus, Membra Jesu Nostri.
This hour-long “devotione decantata,” or “sung devotion,” is a cycle of seven cantatas, each an ode to a different part of the crucified Christ’s body, set to the intensely personal, sensual poetry of the 13th-century ascetic Arnulf von Leeuwen. Buxtehude’s music, simultaneously visceral and transcendent, guides the listener through a meditation on Christ’s embodied humanity — feet (Ad Pedes), knees (Ad Genua), hands (Ad Manus), sides (Ad Latus) breast (Ad Pectus), heart (Ad Cor), and face (Ad Faciem) — and this meditative act of dismemberment serves ultimately to synthesize the human and the divine.
Following their acclaimed collaboration in 2023, Variant 6 and Filament will again join forces, in March 2026, to present Dietrich Buxtehude’s magnum opus, Membra Jesu Nostri.
This hour-long “devotione decantata,” or “sung devotion,” is a cycle of seven cantatas, each an ode to a different part of the crucified Christ’s body, set to the intensely personal, sensual poetry of the 13th-century ascetic Arnulf von Leeuwen. Buxtehude’s music, simultaneously visceral and transcendent, guides the listener through a meditation on Christ’s embodied humanity — feet (Ad Pedes), knees (Ad Genua), hands (Ad Manus), sides (Ad Latus) breast (Ad Pectus), heart (Ad Cor), and face (Ad Faciem) — and this meditative act of dismemberment serves ultimately to synthesize the human and the divine.
The Falls Church Episcopal, 166 E Broad St, Falls Church, VA 22046
Bridge Voices presents the Pulitzer Prize winning work The Little Match Girl Passion, by David Lang. Lang writes: My piece is called "The Little Match Girl Passion" and it sets Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Little Match Girl" in the format of Bach's "Saint Matthew Passion," interspersing Andersen's narrative with my versions of the crowd and character responses from Bach's Passion. The text is by me, after texts by Han Christian Andersen, H. P. Paulli (the first translator of the story into English, in 1872), Picander (the nom de plume of Christian Friedrich Henrici, the librettist of Bach's Saint Matthew Passion), and the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. The word passion comes from the Latin word for suffering. There is no Bach in my piece and there is no Jesus—rather the suffering of the Little Match Girl has been substituted for Jesus's, elevating (I hope) her sorrow to a higher plane.
Performing the sole surviving musical setting of a ballad written by poet Christine de Pisan, author of the early feminist utopia The Book of the City of Ladies, Folger Consort’s February concert will be an affair to remember. This concert includes 15th-century chanson repertoire sung from a woman’s perspective and is perfect for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend.
Performing the sole surviving musical setting of a ballad written by poet Christine de Pisan, author of the early feminist utopia The Book of the City of Ladies, Folger Consort’s February concert will be an affair to remember. This concert includes 15th-century chanson repertoire sung from a woman’s perspective and is perfect for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend.
Performing the sole surviving musical setting of a ballad written by poet Christine de Pisan, author of the early feminist utopia The Book of the City of Ladies, Folger Consort’s February concert will be an affair to remember. This concert includes 15th-century chanson repertoire sung from a woman’s perspective and is perfect for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend.
Performing the sole surviving musical setting of a ballad written by poet Christine de Pisan, author of the early feminist utopia The Book of the City of Ladies, Folger Consort’s February concert will be an affair to remember.
This concert includes 15th-century chanson repertoire sung from a woman’s perspective and is perfect for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend.
Westmoreland UCC, 1 Westmoreland Circle, Northwest Bethesda, MD
The Thirteen explores the vocal music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, following our “finely tune[d]… expert, highly responsive” (Washington Classical Review) performances of his All Night Vigil in 2023. Written five years before the Vigil, in 1910, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a work on a yet grander scale. “Beautiful and grandly mystical… exud[ing] a spiritual force that is deeply moving and restorative” (New York Times), Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy exalts the power, beauty, and emotive range of the human voice. This concerto for choir in a symphonic palette has moved audiences for over 100 years with soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vocal pyrotechnics.
St. Peter's on Capitol Hill, 312 2nd Street SE, Washington, DC
The Thirteen explores the vocal music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, following our “finely tune[d]… expert, highly responsive” (Washington Classical Review) performances of his All Night Vigil in 2023. Written five years before the Vigil, in 1910, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a work on a yet grander scale. “Beautiful and grandly mystical… exud[ing] a spiritual force that is deeply moving and restorative” (New York Times), Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy exalts the power, beauty, and emotive range of the human voice. This concerto for choir in a symphonic palette has moved audiences for over 100 years with soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vocal pyrotechnics.
Virginia Theological Seminary, 3651 Deanery Dr., Alexandria, VA
The Thirteen explores the vocal music of Sergei Rachmaninoff, following our “finely tune[d]… expert, highly responsive” (Washington Classical Review) performances of his All Night Vigil in 2023. Written five years before the Vigil, in 1910, the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is a work on a yet grander scale. “Beautiful and grandly mystical… exud[ing] a spiritual force that is deeply moving and restorative” (New York Times), Rachmaninoff’s Liturgy exalts the power, beauty, and emotive range of the human voice. This concerto for choir in a symphonic palette has moved audiences for over 100 years with soaring melodies, rich harmonies, and vocal pyrotechnics.
