Music of Reverence, Fate, Pleasure, and Community

2024-2025 Season:  Music of Reverence, Fate, Pleasure, and Community

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Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 4pm
“Reverent Praise”

Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
Jonathan Dove: Köthener Messe
Cecilia McDowall: Laudate (US premiere)
Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano; Maria Whitcomb, soprano; Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano; Leo Balkovetz and Matthew McGinnis, tenors; William Farrell, baritone
with professional orchestra

In November, we bring you Johann Sebastian Bach’s beloved Magnificat and compositions by two well-known contemporary British composers: Jonathan Dove’s Köthener Messe and Cecilia McDowall’s Laudate. Dove and McDowall’s compositions both pay tribute to Bach and, with the Magnificat, provide respite for uncertain times.

Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 7pm
“Fate and Earthly Pleasures”

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Alexandra Henderson, soprano, Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor, Nicholas Ottersberg, baritone
In collaboration with the Rivers Symphony Orchestra and the Wellesley 6th Grade Treble Chorus
at Regis College Casey Theater, Weston, MA

Collaborating with the Rivers Symphony Orchestra, in March we bring you the rarely heard orchestral version of Carl Orff’s dramatic Carmina Burana. Inspired by medieval poetry, Orff’s composition is an auditory feast of songs that playfully explore fate and earthly pleasures.

Sunday, May 18, 2025, 4pm
“Community and Connection”

Aaron Copland: Old American Songs (selections)
Nathaniel Dett: The Chariot Jubilee
Alice Parker’s arrangements of folk songs and spirituals
Fred VanNess, tenor, David McFerrin, baritone
with chamber instrumental ensemble and piano
A Commonwealth Composer Concert

In May we celebrate community and connection through the diversity of American folk songs: a selection of Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, Nathaniel Dett’s Chariot Jubilee, and some of Alice Parker’s compelling arrangements of folk songs and spirituals.