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In Concert with Our Community
Concerts of our 57th Season
November 2005
Serenade in D Minor Antonin Dvorak
with Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra and
Concordia Treble of the Nittany Valley Children's Choir
Mass of the Children by John Rutter is a Missa Brevis in five movements to which several English texts have been added. The theme of a progression from waking to sleeping runs through the work as a counterpart to the liturgy of the Mass. The children’s part, performed by Concordia Treble of the Nittany Valley Children’s Choir, is integral to the piece.
Sunday, November 13, 2005 3:00 PM Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
All concerts
are funded in part
by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
and a grant from the
Centre County Community Foundation
November 200
5Voices of the Holocaust Sheridan Seyfried
Voices of the Holocaust, commissioned by the Choral Society in 2004, weaves 22 songs from the concentration camps into an inspiring full-length choral work. Written for chorus, children’s choir, four soloists, string quartet, and obbligato instruments, the piece showcases the talent of Sheridan Seyfried, a gifted young composer from the Curtis Institute.
Sunday, December 11, 2005 3:00 PM Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
April
2006A Child of Our Time Sir Michael Tippett with the Nittany Valley Symphony
Written in 1941 in response to
events that forebode the horrors of the Holocaust, Sir Michael Tippett’s A
Child of Our Time is a passionate protest against persecution and tyranny.
The tripartite structure of the piece, reminiscent of Handel’s Messiah,
is enhanced by the inspired use of five negro spirituals, similar to Bach’s use
of chorales in his works.
Tuesday
, April 11. 2006 7:30 PM Eisenhower AuditoriumThe Choral Society continues its tradition of pre-concert lectures for the November and May concerts. Facilitated by local musicologist Alex Hill, the lectures begin one hour before concert time and discuss the music and composers to be presented.
