Monday, November 06, 2006
Chamber Chorale concert
Saturday and Sunday marked the first concerts of the new season of the La Crosse Chamber Chorale. We sang Saturday night in Onalaska (First Lutheran church) and Sunday afternoon in La Crosse (First Presbyterian church). Both concerts went well--I thought some songs were better on Sat, and others better on Sun.
The concert included five new pieces, "world premieres", written as part of our "Words to Music" program. Elementary and middle school kids submitted poems to us. The poems were anonymously distributed to five local composers who agreed to participate. The composers then each picked a poem and wrote a choral piece based on it.
In addition to those five pieces, we also sang:
* Orpheus with his lute, by MacFerran
* Ave Maria, by Josquin Des Pres
* Lord, Lettest Thou, by Rachmaninoff (part of his "All night vigil")
* You are the new day, made famous by the King's Singers
* Three Gilbert and Sullivan pieces: The Pirate King, A More Humane Mikado, and A British Tar.
* Set me as a seal, I can't recall the composer just now
* Five dances from Gloriana, by Britton
There may be another piece or two I'm forgetting, but that's about it. In a week or two I should be able to post some of the songs from the concert on my website.
The concert included five new pieces, "world premieres", written as part of our "Words to Music" program. Elementary and middle school kids submitted poems to us. The poems were anonymously distributed to five local composers who agreed to participate. The composers then each picked a poem and wrote a choral piece based on it.
In addition to those five pieces, we also sang:
* Orpheus with his lute, by MacFerran
* Ave Maria, by Josquin Des Pres
* Lord, Lettest Thou, by Rachmaninoff (part of his "All night vigil")
* You are the new day, made famous by the King's Singers
* Three Gilbert and Sullivan pieces: The Pirate King, A More Humane Mikado, and A British Tar.
* Set me as a seal, I can't recall the composer just now
* Five dances from Gloriana, by Britton
There may be another piece or two I'm forgetting, but that's about it. In a week or two I should be able to post some of the songs from the concert on my website.
# posted by John Colton @ 12:36 PM 
