University Communications
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Release date: Oct. 21, 1999
Contact: Elaine Justice, Assistant Director, 404-727-0643, or ejustic@emory.edu

CANDLER HOSTS 12TH ANNUAL KESSLER REFORMATION CONCERT

WHAT: "Reformation Through Worship: Martin Luther's German Mass," 12th annual Kessler Reformation Concert, a musical celebration of the Reformation.

WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1999. Kessler concert preview with Timothy Albrecht begins at 7:45 p.m.; concert begins at 8:15 p.m.

WHERE: Cannon Chapel, 515 Kilgo Circle, Emory University.

COST: Free and open to the public. For more information, call 404-727-4180.

Emory University's Candler School of Theology hosts the 12th annual musical celebration of the Reformation with the Kessler Reformation Concert. This year's program, "Reformation Through Worship: Martin Luther's German Mass," will celebrate the achievement of Deutsche Messe, Luther's 16th century effort to engage the German people in worship by setting the liturgy in the language of the people.

The program will include audience hymn singing of Martin Luther's "A Mighty Fortress," a sacred cantata of Johann Sebastian Bach performed by the Candler Choraliers, and Timothy Albrecht will perform Bach's monumental organ Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Major.

The Kessler Reformation Concert uses texts and music made available from the books held in the Richard C. Kessler Reformation Collection in Candler's Pitts Theology Library. The collection is a repository of rare and valuable documents produced in connection with the Reformation and now contains more than 2,300 pieces written by Luther, his colleagues and opponents, and printed during their lifetimes.

Supported by Lutheran laypeople Richard and Martha Kessler, and partners throughout the Southeast, the collection provides a rich resource for scholars of the Reformation and for clergy and laity who seek to understand the history of the Christian faith.

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