Sunday in Slosberg Recital Hall, the Brandeis Chamber Choir, along with the Bowdoin Chamber Choir, performed works of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant traditions to an almost-full audience. The Bowdoin Chamber Choir began their set of the concert with "Elijah Rock," a spiritual song arranged by Moses Hogan. From the first few notes, one could tell the group had a very strong and powerful combination of people that blended incredibly well. The choir of 31 students, conducted by Bowdoin's Robert K. Greenlee then proceeded to sing a piece by Eric Whitacre called "Lux Aurumque." The beautiful sound resonated throughout the recital hall and was followed by a loud round of applause before the choir began their third selection.

The third piece they performed was "Jesu meine Freude" by Johann Sebastian Bach in its entirety with an organ accompanist. The soloists were very strong and the trios coalesced well. Each of the parts within the Bach piece was smooth and composed and the pauses between works were just long enough for one to recognize that a new section of the movement was beginning. Each new song had a very easy transition from the previous one, and the choir finished to a thunderous applause.

After a brief intermission, the Brandeis Chamber Choir, directed by Professor Eric Rice (MUS), started their section of the concert. The first song they sang was the title song of the concert, "Shir Hashirim: The Song of Songs." It was performed as a solo, sung by Lawrence Szenes-Strauss '02. The choir then sang a series of songs including "Jam hiems Transiit," "Quam pulchra es," "Sicut lilium inter spinas," "I Am Come into My Garden," "Hinneh bor'chu kol awde Adonai" and "Set me as a seal upon thine heart."

At the end of Brandeis' performance, the Bowdoin Chamber Choir went up to join the Brandeis Chamber Choir in a different arrangement of "Shir Hashirim." The recital completed with a note of success for a well-done concert.