September 25, 2006
CONTACT: Peter Pulsifer, Chorus pro Musica concert promotion.
Chorus pro Musica will perform the following works as part of its 2006–2007 subscription season.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2006 AT 8 PM
OLD SOUTH CHURCH, COPLEY SQUARE, BOSTON
Swiss composer Frank Martin's intensely personal Mass has been a favorite since its premiere in 1963, forty years after its composition. Today it is considered one of the great choral monuments of the 20th century. Polish composer Henryk Górecki is renowned as an innovative and deeply spiritual artist. Miserere was inspired in 1981 by the conflict surrounding the then-clandestine trade union Solidarity. It stands today as an urgent, sonorous plea for peace. The program also includes a sublime setting from the Evensong service by Herbert Murrill, who was Head of Music at the BBC when he died in 1952 at age 43.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2006 AT 8 PM
OLD SOUTH CHURCH, COPLEY SQUARE, BOSTON
A uniquely English expression of the spirit of Christmas, with sacred and seasonal music old and new. Britten's beloved Ceremony of Carols, sung by the women of the chorus, exhibits a glorious variety of sonorities ranging from plangent solos to smooth choral polyphony. With our traditional brass chorale and carol sing-along.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2007, AT 8 PM
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 138 TREMONT ST, BOSTON
Highly emotional and powerfully meditative, Bach's St. John Passion is a moving, thought-provoking work. It will be performed two weeks before Easter, with a period-instrument orchestra. (Scholarly notes by Michael Steinberg are at http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Articles/SJP-Steinberg.htm.)
SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2007, AT 3 PM
NEC'S JORDAN HALL, BOSTON
So exuberant, so dramatic, so poignant, and so lyrical, these two classic operas helped shape verismo, the quest for realism in late 19th century Italian opera. Concert performance in Italian with projected English translations. Chorus pro Musica last performed these operas together under Music Director Jeffrey Rink in 1997.
Two good starting-point web sites: OperaResource and Amato Opera.
DECEMBER 10, 2006, AT 8 PM
SANDERS THEATER, CAMBRIDGE
For tickets and information: 617-266-1200 or www.gbyso.org
For more information or to receive Chorus pro Musica's season brochure, see the web site, send e-mail, or call 617-267-7442.