Middlebury College Community Chorus

Description

A choral concert for Mother’s Day, with a delightful mix of contemporary, traditional, and classical works. This large chorus, with a history dating back more than 150 years, brings singers together from on and off campus and throughout the Champlain Valley. The program includes choruses from Come, Ye Sons of Art written in 1694 by Henry Purcell for Queen Mary's birthday, as well as Franz Joseph Haydn's delightful setting of Te Deum, written in 1800 at the request of Empress Marie Therese of Austria. The chorus will present several newly composed works, including René Clausen's Prayer, based on writings of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, an inspiring version of Ubi caritas by Norwegian-born composer Ola Gjeilo. New arrangements of classic poems and texts include: Morning has Broken by British composer Bob Chilcott; a Welsh lullaby (Suo Gan) by K. Lee Scott; Afternoon on a Hill (Edna St. Vincent Millay) by Eric Barnum; The Moon is Distant from the Sea (Emily Dickinson) by New Zealand native David N. Childs; and Omnia Sol (Let Your Heart Be Staid) by Z. Randall Stroope, that incorporates lyrics from the medieval song, Carmina Burana. The concert concludes with two songs by Vermont composers about Vermont: Nathaniel Lew's arrangement of These Green Mountains by Diane Martin; and My Vermont, a chorale for voices and piano by Rutland composer-teacher-conductor Daniel Graves. Free