Date: Saturday, August 31, 2013
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: The Immanuel Christian Reformed Church
61 Mohawk Rd. West
Hamilton, ON, L9C 1V9
(www.immanuelministries.ca)
Free Admission
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Date: Saturday, September 7, 2013
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: The Church of the Redeemer
162 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1M4
(www.theredeemer.ca)
General Admission (ages 18+): $20 Special Admission (ages 18 & under): $10
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After a spiritually successful “Adversity and Transfiguration" concert, The Toronto Messiaen Ensemble (TME) continues its spiritual journey through the “Dry Bones Shall Live” concert based on Ezekiel 37: 1~14.
37
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord,
and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And
caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the
open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And
he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God,
thou knowest.
4 Again
he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones,
hear the word of the Lord.
5 Thus
saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you,
and ye shall live:
6 And
I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you
with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I
am the Lord.
7 So I
prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and
behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And
when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin
covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9 Then
said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the
wind, Thus saith the Lord God;
Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may
live.
10 So I
prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived,
and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then
he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold,
they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our
parts.
12 Therefore
prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God;
Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of
your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And
ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your
graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And
shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your
own land: then shall ye know that I the Lord have spoken it, and performed it, saith
the Lord.
(KJV)
The TME interprets the prophecy of Ezekiel in a unique and evangelical way. This interpretation is a Christian’s confession that s/he is the dry bone (dead being or dust) and can only be alive by the grace of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, who became the dry bone himself through sacrificing his sinews, flesh, skin and breath on the cross. To enlighten this limitless grace, every work in the programme displays a musical, spiritual, biographical, and theological testimony according to the prophecy of Ezekiel.
Programme
"Panis Angelicus" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Cesar Frank |
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Arr. Gideon G. Kim for clarinet and string quartet |
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Caprice No. 24 for solo violin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Niccolò Paganini
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*"Dry Bones Shall Live" for violin, clarinet and piano -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Gideon G. Kim |
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*Amazing Grace" for vocals, violin, clarinet, cello and piano ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Gideon G. Kim |
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(Based on Traditional American Melody) |
Intermission
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Piano Quintet in D minor Op.89 |
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Gabriel Faure |
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I. Molto Moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto Moderato
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* World Premiere
Toronto Messiaen Ensemble
Takayo Noguchi, violin Peter Pinteric, clarinet Seolhee Ashley Choi, cello Hyuk Kim, piano Gideon Gee-Bum Kim, composer
Guest Players: Jihye Joelle Kee (violin), Hyewon Yoon (viola), “Lux Aeterna” Singers
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