Noted for compelling programming, exceptional artistry, and eloquent performances, Cantata Singers offers Boston-area audiences a range of musical events, consistently recognized as engaging, nuanced and penetrating. With a repertoire that includes works from the seventeenth century to the present day, Cantata Singers' commitment and dedication to challenging programming, including the commissioning of new works, was acknowledged in 1995 when the group was awarded the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music.

Cantata Singers close this season with Schutz's culminating work, his deeply felt reflection on a very full and rich 86 years. Nothing small, efficient, or inward, but rather a swansong of monumental scope and imagination-two four-voice choruses, instruments and continuo, in 13 motets filling a full, concentrated evening. The Schwanengsang burns with youthful vigor, incredible invention, and thrillingly refined drama. There is no evidence that Schutz himself ever heard a performance of this work, but Cantata Singers offers you a very rare opportunity to experience this artist's final, brilliant reflection on life, in its glorious, astounding whole.

Included are two A-level seats for this final concert of the season. Tickets are located in the balcony at NEC's Jordan Hall.