Sun, Nov 23
|The Sanctuary
Cantata Sunday: Carissimi’s Jephte
Giacomo Carissimi’s oratorio Jephte tells a cautionary tale of pride, devotion, and lament. Carissimi’s writing, especially in the famous final chorus, shows the power of music to move the soul and express our most profound human emotions.
Time & Location
Nov 23, 2025, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
The Sanctuary, 1140 Park Ave, New York, NY 10128, USA
About the event
Christina Kay, soprano
Tracy Cowart, mezzo-soprano
Riley Soter, tenor
Jonthan Woody, bass-baritone
In the early 1600s, while some Italian composers were developing the genre of opera, others were applying the same musical techniques to tell sacred stories. Giacomo Carissimi was the great pioneer of this new genre, called the oratorio. His Jephte, taken from the Book of Judges, tells a cautionary tale of pride, devotion, and lament amid the destruction of war. Carissimi’s writing, especially in the famous final chorus, shows the power of music to move the soul and express our most profound human emotions.