Music at St. Vincent de Paul Parish
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Spring 2025Learn about our concerts below! -
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Andrei Liquer, in recitalSunday, February 9Andrei Liquer performs legendary piano classics, including Beethoven's Sonata Op. 110,
Schumann's Kreisleriana, and the Scriabin 5th Sonata "Poème d'extase." Dr. Liquer is a 30-year-old Brazilian, classical pianist who holds more than fifteen awards. Among those in which he won first place are: The National Competition for Brazilian Music Maestro Spartaco Rossi, in Tatui; Arnaldo Estrella Piano Competition, in Juiz de Fora; Edna Bassetti Habith Piano Competition, in Curitiba; Lorenzo Fernandez Piano Competition, in Montes Claros; ArtLivre Piano Competition and Souza Lima Piano Competition, in Sao Paulo; and the prestigious Villa-Lobos Music Competition, in Vitoria, where he also received the award for Best Interpreter of Villa-Lobos.
With a master's degree and PhD in Music Psychology and Performance, and an Artist Diploma from Roosevelt University, Dr. Liquer’s teachers include world-class pianists Adam Neiman and Jorge Federico Osório. He is currently a member of the distinguished faculty at the New Music School in Chicago.
This recital is free and open to the public.
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Live Score: La Passion de Jeanne d'ArcFriday, February 7
Featuring: Jay Warren, Organ
Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer • 1928 • France • Rated NR
Starring Renée Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley
Described by Criterion as spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy coming to stark, vivid life, The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her execution, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom.
Chicago’s foremost photoplay organist, Jay Warren, brings all of the passion of the silent film era back to life with his original score for the silver screen. As a regularly featured
photoplay organist for the Silent Film Society of Chicago, he has accompanied most of the great silent films throughout his thirty-year-plus career. He has been featured annually in the highly regarded Silent Summer Film Festival since its inception in 2000. For twelve consecutive years, he was featured at the E. M. Skinner pipe organ for silent films at the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. He also performs film accompaniment on the beautiful Letourneau pipe organ in the Crimi Auditorium of Aurora University.
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Bach in the City Inaugural ConcertFriday, March 21
After fifty consecutive years, the acclaimed Bach Week Festival of Evanston moves to Chicago. With a new name—Bach in the City—maestro Richard Webster leads musicians from the Chicago Symphony, Lyric Opera Orchestra, and other professional musicians who form Bach in the City. These superb musicians are dedicated to the concept of the Bach Week Festival which is to present the music of J. S. Bach and others a the highest standard of excellence.
The March debut for Bach in the City concert will feature works for chorus and brass ensemble by German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni Gabrieli. Performing are the Gaudete Brass quintet and the Bach in the City Chorus.
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Dear FriendsA word from our PastorWelcome to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church!
I am very excited and inspired by the music performances that our church will be hosting this year.
Before I was called to the priesthood, I was a music therapist, and I find that music continues to be integral to my life. Music allows me to get in touch with my feelings, thoughts, and intentions in a healthy manner. As a priest, music helps me connect on a more profound level with God and encourages me to look at the world in a new and hopeful light.
The array of music that will be presented at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, from the sounds of Scandinavia and Baltic countries to Christmas standards and holiday music; from Scriabin, Bach & Gabrieli to a one in a lifetime organ performance with film, this season exhilarates and inspires me. I hope this repertoire does the same for you.
It is an honor for St. Vincent de Paul Parish to host these performances and your presence here is greatly anticipated.
May you be inspired to attend these performances and enjoy the wonderful talents of the composers, directors, and musicians that surround us.
Sincerely,
Rev. Derek C. Swanson, CM, Pastor
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