A feast for ear and heart at Pacem in Terris on Sept. 3

Warwick - Cellist Ted Mook, mezzo-soprano Mary Nessinger and soprano Melissa Fogarty will perform a concert of early Italian music, Bach and modern composers on Sunday, Sept. 3, at 5 p.m. at Pacem in Terris, all dedicated to the memory of Pacem’s founder, Dr. Frederick Franck. Mook, well-known for his interpretations of contemporary music as well as Bach solo suites, has recorded more than a dozen works on ECM and Time Warner lables. He will play J.S. Bach’s Suite V for solo Cello, a favorite of Franck’s, as well as Pablo Casals’ “Song of the Birds” and Ezra Sims’ AEDM for Solo Cello. Nessinger, a veteran of Avery Fisher and Alice Tully Halls, Metropolitan Museum Concerts, Marlborough, Santa Fe, Aspen and New England Festivals, will sing Judith Weir’s “King Harald’s Saga.” Fogarty, winner of the 2006 Out Music Award for her recording “Handel: Scorned & Betrayed” (Albany Records), has appeared with New York Collegium, Concert Royal, ARTEK and Seattle Baroque Orchestra. She will sing three early Italian songs accompanying herself on the baroque guitar. The concert also will include Morton Feldman’s Voices and Cello and Claudio Monteverdi’s Zefiro Torna. Pacem in Terris is a not-for-profit organization located at 96 Covered Bridge Road in Warwick. No advance reservations possible. Suggested donation is $8 adult; tickets will be available from 4 p.m.