For the Classical concert, we offered two works by two different composers, the well-known Antonin Dvořák and the modern day Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
In this popular composition, Vivaldi provides a musical setting for the ancient “Gloria in excelsis Deo” hymn from the Latin Mass.
All of the songs included in our third concert series this season have water as a common theme.
In 1934, German composer Carl Orff set 24 poems found in a Benedictine monastery in 1803 to music.
The first half of the program featured John Rutter’s Magnificat, the choral setting for the Song of Mary from the Gospel of Luke.
Dream a Little Dream is quite the eclectic collection of music.
Annelies offers the listener actual selections from The Diary of Anne Frank, set to music in 2005 by British composer James Whitbourn.
In addition to well-known English carols, we are presenting several French carols, including the 17th century "What Is This Lovely Fragrance?"
This will be an elegant program of familiar music for all!
Not only is Felix Mendelssohn's esteemed St. Paul oratorio a coming-of-age work, it is also a masterpiece that secured Mendelssohn's place in the front line of German composers.