Arianne Abela 08, conductor, presents a program of women's choral music that explores the journey of life through prayer, invocation, and questions of mortality. "There always something sings," a phrase from Emerson's poem "Music," embodies the notion that through difficult times in life, music is a form of consolation. Featuring works by Mendelssohn, MacIntyre, Howells, Noble, Rautavaara, Johengen, and others. The core work of the program is Nicola Porpora's Magnificat for women's choir, strings and continuo, written for one of the Venetian Ospedali, an exclusive conservatory for orphaned girls.
The Hampshire College Chorus will perform a delightfully eclectic program, including pieces in Latin, Hebrew, Zulu and English. Elaine Broad Ginsberg is the conductor. Yan Yu is the accompanist.
Soprano: Sonja Funk-Olin; Organist: Larry Picard; WoodwinD Ensemble: Kristin Hadden Lipkens, oboe; Tamara Field, English horn; Diane Lipartito, bassoon. A reception will follow.
Sudie Marcuse performs with the chamber ensemble Mirror of the Baroque (Na'ama Lion, baroque flute; Phil Helzer, baroque cello; and Akiko Enoki Sato, harpsichord) as part of the Parkville Classicals series.
Program includes humorous songs about love by Henry Purcell; a cantata about the virtues of coffee by Nicolas Bernier; and works from the lighter side of G.F. Handel, including two of his lovely German arias, as well as instrumental chamber music for solo harpsichord and flute.
The Amherst College Choral Society will present its annual Homecoming Weekend concert. Music will be performed by the Concert Choir, Women's Chorus and Men's Glee Club, directed by Mallorie Chernin and asst. director Suraj Gopal '07, and the Madrigal Singers, directed by Andrea Kahn '08 and Elly Jessop '08. The program will include music by Schubert, Wolf, De Cormier, Papoulis and many more. The program will end with traditional songs of Amherst College. Tickets may be reserved by calling 542-2484 or e-mailing Mallorie Chernin at mchernin@amherst.edu. Tickets are also available at the door.
Family & Friends Weekend Jazz Concert
Screen Gems The Mount Holyoke Big Band, Chamber and Vocal Jazz Ensembles present familiar themes from TV and film, with music by Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, and John Williams. Mark Gionfriddo, director.
Five choral ensembles from Hartt are joined by local high school choirs from Simsbury, Enfield and Glastonbury in this annual choral festival to raise money for a local charity. The concert will feature rousing spirituals and a variety of acappella music conducted by Edward Bolkovac, Carolina Flores, Ethan Nash, Emmie Weed and Stuart Younse. The proceeds of this event will benefit the Warburton Food Pantry.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
a new folk opera by Paula M. Kimper
based on the novel by Thornton Wilder
conducted by Jane Hanson
Was it an accident, or part of a plan? When five people are suddenly killed in the collapse of a bridge,
one witness devotes his life to studying the victims in an effort to
uncover the hidden intentions of God.
Virtuoso instrumental music of the early seventeenth century by Marini, Frescobaldi, Fontana and others, and arias and solo madrigals by Monteverdi, Caccini, and Barbara Strozzi. Anita Cooper and Kimberly Dunn, sopranos, Robert Eisenstein, violin, viola da gamba, Linda Laderach, violin, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, viola da gamba, cello, Larry Schipull, harpsichord, organ.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
a new folk opera by Paula M. Kimper
based on the novel by Thornton Wilder
conducted by Jane Hanson.
Was it an accident, or part of a plan? When five people are suddenly killed in the collapse of a bridge, one witness devotes his life to studying the victims in an effort to uncover the hidden intentions of God.
Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra and Chorus begins 69th season of Youthful Visions with program of "Auspicious Beginnings," featuring early works of Barber, Bernstein and Puccini. Local tenor Alan Schneider and baritone Anton Belov join the PVS &C in Puccini's only choral mass, Messa a 4 Voci. Paul Phillips, PVS Music Director, conducts. Pre-concert Talk at 7:00 PM. Box office opens at 6:30. Donate a children's book for Make A Difference Day, and receive $2 off your ticket price.
Deanna Joseph, Conductor; Jeff Kempskie, Piano Accompanist, with distinguished local soloists. All singers welcome to participate. Listeners, too. Freewill offerings gratefully accepted to benefit the South Hadley Chorale and Children's Chorus. (Vocal scores will be provided, but bring your own if you have one--a Sussmayr completion preferred).
This family concert features vocalists from the Southampton Community Choir, New Valley Singers and the Dan Kane Singers. Kathy Marks will be the featured director.
Proceeds will benefit the school's parent organization - the Parent Connection.
Tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the event. Light refreshments will be offered.
The Zedashe Ensemble is based in the medieval fortress city of Sighnaghi, Eastern Georgia, which has been home to the Kiziqian wine growers and warriors since ancient times. Directed by Ketevan Mindorashvili, the current incarnation of the ensemble was founded in the mid 1990s to sing repertoire largely lost during the Communist era. Their repertoire consists of ancient three-part harmony chants from the Orthodox Christian liturgy, folk songs from the Kiziqian region as collected from village song-masters and old publications, and folk dances from the region.
The Mikado was Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful light opera, and it has been presented by amateur and professional companies over and over again, possibly more often than any other opera.
Ostensibly set in Japan, the plot engages universal human foibles that can be found in any time and place. Gilbert manages to poke fun at royalty, politicians, pompous bureaucrats, capital punishment, the legal system, arranged marriages, competing beaux, middle-aged spinsters, marriageable young women, and various other subjects. Sullivan weaves all of this into some of his most enjoyable and memorable music.
The Amherst College Choral Society will present its annual Family Weekend Concert. Music will be performed by the Concert Choir, Women's Chorus and Men's Glee Club, directed by Mallorie Chernin and assistant director Suraj Gopal '07, and the Madrigal Singers, directed by Andrea Kahn '08 and Elly Jessop '08. The program will include music by Schubert, Wolf, De Cormier, Papoulis and many more. The program will end with traditional songs of Amherst College.
Arcadia Players presents the vocal chamber ensemble Cantabile, with Robert Eisenstein and Joseph Jewett, violins, Laurie Rabut, viola da gamba and Gregory Hayes, harpsichord, in Italian madrigals and canzonets, sonatas and dances, and Hebrew plsam settings by Monteverdi's Jewish colleague.
The Mikado was Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful light opera, and it has been presented by amateur and professional companies over and over again, possibly more often than any other opera.
Ostensibly set in Japan, the plot engages universal human foibles that can be found in any time and place. Gilbert manages to poke fun at royalty, politicians, pompous bureaucrats, capital punishment, the legal system, arranged marriages, competing beaux, middle-aged spinsters, marriageable young women, and various other subjects. Sullivan weaves all of this into some of his most enjoyable and memorable music.
The Mikado was Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful light opera, and it has been presented by amateur and professional companies over and over again, possibly more often than any other opera.
Ostensibly set in Japan, the plot engages universal human foibles that can be found in any time and place. Gilbert manages to poke fun at royalty, politicians, pompous bureaucrats, capital punishment, the legal system, arranged marriages, competing beaux, middle-aged spinsters, marriageable young women, and various other subjects. Sullivan weaves all of this into some of his most enjoyable and memorable music.
Arcadia Players presents the vocal chamber ensemble Cantabile, with Robert Eisenstein and Joseph Jewett, violins, Laurie Rabut, viola da gamba and Gregory Hayes, harpsichord, in Italian madrigals and canzonets, sonatas and dances, and Hebrew plsam settings by Monteverdi's Jewish colleague.
Teatro Lirico D'Europa, the European opera touring company founded in 1988 by Girogio Lalov performs Puccini's tale of selfless love, Tosca. This timeless masterpiece shows the dark side of intensely, passionate love between an artist and his muse. Puccini's Tosca is a drama of frightening power with some of opera's most memorable characters. Puccini reminds us that power corrupts, and in this tale love refused turns into lost love--forever. Sung in Italian with English supertitles.
The celebrated Yale Camerata, Marguerite Brooks, conductor, with Thomas Murray, organ, performs music by Britten, Crabtree, Weill, Horvit, and Levine, and settings of three David songs by Billings, Weelkes and Dinerstein.
Program features Franz Liszt's "Prelude and Fugue on Bach" and Benjamin Britten's cantata "Rejoice in the Lamb."