Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) will present “Music Eclectica: Sacred Music Through the Ages,” featuring works by Beethoven, Gjeilo, Sharp, Gounod, Verdi and Handel, performed by the MidAtlantic Philharmonic Orchestra and Great Auditorium Choir and Soloists with Organist-In-Residence Gordon Turk.
According to Jason C. Tramm (Conductor and OGCMA’s Director of Music Ministries) the eclectic program “will feature a variety of sacred music styles from the classical majesty of Beethoven’s Kyrie to the mystic minimalism of Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass; from the romantic splendor of Gounod’s Saint Cecelia Mass; to the spectacular finale of Handel’s Messiah.” Another highlight of the program will be two movements conducted by contemporary composer Tim Sharp from his choral work “Come Away to the Skies: A High, Lonesome Mass,” which draws upon the rich heritage of the American frontier and Bluegrass. With violins, guitar, banjos and drums, the music will “surely get the audience’s feet tapping in authentic Bluegrass fashion.”