Transfigured Nights

Don't miss our final Art Music concert this Monday (tomorrow!), May 18th at 7:30 pm in the Performance Hall at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration!

Enjoy delicious, homemade treats during intermission and connect with other arts-loving concert goers, then stick around after for a chance to speak with the artists directly.

As always, this incredible music offering by these talented artists is FREE of charge, courtesy of the wonderful patronage of our supporters. (We thank you!)

We encourage you to arrive early, since the Performance Hall continues to reach capacity for these concerts. (A wonderful problem to have!)

We look forward to seeing you on Monday!

PROGRAM
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1/3 | Beethoven
Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87 | Dvořák

PERFORMERS
Maria Schleuning, violin
Matthew Sinno, viola
Gayane Manasjan Fullford, cello
Ishan Wang, piano

Join us for a celebration of twenty-two years of choral singing under the direction of Joel Martinson!

This Sunday, May 3, the Transfiguration Choir, soloists, and orchestra will present Joseph Haydn’s Missa Cellensis in C in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

This rarely performed “cantata mass” composed in 1766, is a tour de force for strings, winds, chorus, and vocal soloists. The 50-voice Transfiguration Choir will be joined by a 24-piece orchestra under concertmaster Kristin Van Cleve, and soloists Elizabeth McGee, soprano, Erin Roth Thomas, alto, Eric Lewis, tenor, and Connor Lidell, bass.

The musicians will perform from the altar platform and floor in the front of the church, so the audience will have a great view, as well as the unique opportunity to hear the full resources of choir and orchestra in our new acoustical environment.

Transfigured Nights presents this performance in thanks to you, our patrons, and to all of our supporters since we began in the Fall of 2004.

This Festival Concert is FREE of admission and open to all.

PROGRAM
Missa Celensis in C Major Hob. XXII:5 | Joseph Haydn

WHEN
Sunday, May 3 | 7 pm
FREE Admission

WHERE
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
14115 Hillcrest Road, Dallas

Back by audience demand...and this year it's even better!

Last season, the Wind Quintet's concert was in the Performance Hall while our Sanctuary was under renovation. This time, they return to perform in the Sanctuary, with our beautifully enhanced acoustics that finally give these instruments the room and resonance they deserve.

As Willa Henigman (oboist, Dallas Symphony Orchestra) shared in our conversation, the new Sanctuary lets the sound breathe, bloom, and support the musicians in a way that completely changes the experience.

On the program:
• Amy Beach – Pastoral, a luminous, nature-inspired work shaped by her time at the MacDowell artist colony
• Eric Ewazen – Roaring Fork Quintet, a vivid musical portrait of the Colorado river valley
• Oscar Navarro – Juego de Ladrones (Game of Thieves), a thrilling, story-driven Spanish work inspired by Cervantes, full of drama, chase scenes, and color

This is the first full chamber music concert in our newly renovated Sanctuary, and it’s the perfect way to experience what this space can do.

📍 Wind Quintet Concert
🗓 Sunday, January 18
⏰ 7:00 pm
📌 Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Dallas

The full Behind the Music conversation with Willa is in the comments. If you want a deeper look at the stories behind the music and what makes this program special, it’s well worth watching.

We can’t wait to welcome you into the Sanctuary for free, not-to-be missed event!

Join us for a Solemn Requiem Mass in observance of All Souls’ Day, featuring Gabriel Fauré’s beloved Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, for low strings, harp, organ, violin, choir, and soloists.

This luminous setting, cherished for its serenity and hope, will be woven through the Eucharistic liturgy in a reflective evening of remembrance, prayer, and peace.

Jason Awbrey will sing the baritone solos and the Pie Jesu will be sung by Elizabeth Ann McGee. Joel Martinson will conduct the Transfiguration Choir and orchestra with Jonathan Gregoire, organist.

The service will conclude in the Memorial Garden where the names of all parishioners interred in the Columbarium and ground will be recited.

Our guest preacher will be The Right Reverend Dean E. Wolfe, Bishop in Residence at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas. Prior to this position he was thirteenth Rector of St. Bartholomew's Church, New York City. Before that he served as Bishop of the Diocese of Kansas and was Vice-president of the House of Bishops for the Episcopal Church.