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Introducing the XXII Season!
The exciting 2008-2009 Vox Ama Deus Season which will feature our newest musical addition, Camerata Ama Deus, the Philadelphia area's latest talk about town group, offering highly praised performances under the baton of Maestro Valentin Radu. The intimate yet professional blend of venues, utilizing acclaimed soloist and orchestral talent, reveals the works of masters Mozart, Bach, Handel and Vivaldi in a wonderful new setting. 
Join us on Philadelphia's Main Line at Bryn Mawr College as the Camerata shines in the beautiful old world architecture of the Thomas Great Hall on the main campus.
Our audience will experience the "camerata" reminiscent of centuries past when the wealthy nobility originally enjoyed an introduction to these works on their own estates, directly by the hand of the composer! - Dr. Valentin Radu
The 22nd year also continues the unique and one of a kind experience of Vox Renaissance Consort celebrating the kick-off of the fall season with a Renaissance Harvest celebration. Come experience voices draped in full period costume regalia complimented by authentic instruments.
This charming Renaissance "tea-time" event, FREE to you and generously sponsored by Jenkins Arboretum takes place September 21st tucked away inside an old stone chapel. Head back to a simpler time by joining Vox at The Baptist Church in the Great Valley, Devon, Pa. (For tickets to our wonderful encore performance, held at Gladwyne Presbyterian Church on October 26th, please see our Ticket page).
As always, Vox Ama Deus offers a selection of enthusiastically attended performances in Center City Philadelphia along the Avenue of the Arts at the Kimmel Center Perelman Theater featuring four enchanting performances this season. Delighted audiences will experience Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, the incomparable Mozart Requiem and a final spring performance of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.
These are just some of this season's gifted performances, for a full calendar listing of venues, concerts and season or series events, please see the Vox Ama Deus website or contact the office at 610-688-2800 for group rates! | |
Renaissance Harvest
Sunday, September 21 at 4:00 PM- FREE* Admission
The Baptist Chuch in the Great Valley, 945 Valley Forge Rd. Devon, PA
Sunday, October 26 at 5:00 PM
Gladwyne Presbyterian Church, 1321 Beaumont Drive Gladwyne, PA
 Celebrate the first day of Fall and the harvest season with Vox Renaissance Consort voices draped in full period costume regalia complimented by authentic instruments.
This charming Renaissance "tea-time", tucked away inside an old stone chapel, will bring you back in time and leave you uplifted and energized.
* Sep. 21st Sponsored by Jenkins Arboretum! |
Sunday, October 5 at 6:00 PM
Daylesford Abbey 220 S. Valley Forge Road, Paoli, PA
 After the first successful season of afternoon chamber music with "live notes", Camerata Ama Deus led by Valentin Radu opens its second season with Mozart at Daylesford Abbey, followed by a greatly expanded season at Chestnut Hill's St. Paul's Church, Bryn Mawr College's Thomas Great Hall and the Kimmel Center.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed Le Nozze di Figaro in 1786 in Vienna. The overture from this famous opera opens the first of three masterworks on the evening's program. Though the overture does not use themes from the opera itself, Mozart successfully sets the tone for the ensuing drama.
Symphony No. 40 in g minor is also known as the "Great" g minor symphony. Mozart composed the "Little" g minor symphony No. 25 many years earlier. Being one of only two minor key symphonies written by Mozart in his short life, No. 40 is composed in four grandiose movements with every movement but the third in sonata form
Written in 1784, two years before Sympony No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 20 in d minor is one of Mozart's most popular piano concertos. Considered to be more symphonic and spacious than earlier piano concertos, it creates a delightful dialogue between the piano and the orchestra, with its last movement as a rondo. Valentin Radu serves as both the soloist and conductor in this three movement masterwork.
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Bach: Brandenburg & More
Saturday, October 18 at 7:30 PM
St. Paul's Church, 22 E. Chestnut Hill Avenue, Chestnut Hill, PA
Sunday, October 19 at 4:00 PM
Thomas Great Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
The sequel to last season's BACH OKTOBERFEST (Camerata Ama Deus' debut concert which featured the Brandenburg Concerti Nos. 2, 3, and 4), this "must see" performance for any Bach fan includes two additional concerti (5 and 6) which Johann wrote in only one short week and dedicated to the Graf von Brandenburg with the hope of getting the position of his court musician (which he attained). Orchestral Suite III (Maestro Radu's favorite) concludes this program!
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Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
Friday, November 14 at 8:00 PM
Kimmel Center Perelman Theater, Center City Philadelphia, PA
 Written in 1824 and premiered in Vienna (together with Symphony No. 9) with a deaf Beethoven conducting the Philharmonic Society Orchestra, the Missa Solemnis represents (together with Bach's B Minor Mass and Mozart's Great Mass in C) the finest in the Latin Mass setting.
It is a testament of Beethoven's artistry and faith, as well as the bridge from the Classical to the Romantic era and beyond. Just as in the 9th Symphony, the voices are treated as instruments and blend with the orchestra to create an awesome effect! The Missa is preceded by one of Ludwig's most famous overtures and by an all-string remarkable orchestral fugue. This event kicks off the Vox Ama Deus Kimmel Season with a stunning Ama Deus Ensemble performance!
Tickets:
Platinum $50, Gold $40, Silver $30, Bronze $20
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