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Check back soon for information about our 2022-2023 Season. We are working tirelessly behind the scenes to continue to bring our unique concert experiences to our audiences while the state works on re-opening. Stay tuned for updates!
Recent Performances
September 10, 2022:
In Memoriam / In Celebration
Stephen Sondheim, 1M COVID Deaths in US,
Victims of Gun Violence, Others . . .
Director, David Giessow
Accompanist, Herman Weiss
Pavane, Op 50 Gabriel Faure’ Arr. Jan Van Duffel
Elegischer Gesang, Op. 118 Ludwig van Beethoven
Mass From Two Worlds Ariel Quintana
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Benedictus
Hosanna
Agnus Dei
Soprano, alto, soprano, alto, soloists
Intermission
Two Gavottes from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 Johann Sebastian Bach
Arr. Howard Heller
Into the Woods Medley by Stephen Sondheim
Arr. Ed Lojeski
Prologue (solo 1 liners)
Into the Woods
I Know Things Now
Agony
It Takes Two
Last Midnight
No More
No One Is Alone (short solo)
Children Will Listen
Finale
February 8, 2020: Dreams and Visions
7:30pm, First Church (66 Marlborough St) Boston
Music exploring the world of mind - hopes, dreams, visions - a benefit concert for Project Pacer.
Program
Lauridsen - Sure on this Shining Night from Nocturnes
Valentino - Dream of a Blessed Spirit from Yeats Songs
Fauré - Apres un Reve
Arbo/Valentino - Crossing the Bar (world premiere)
Wagner - Traume from Wesendonck lieder
Riley - Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
Elgar - Finale from The Dream of Gerontius
Mahler - Der trunkene im Fruhling from Das Lied von der Erde
Brahms - Schicksalslied
Liszt - Nuages Gris from Transcendental Etudes
Prokofiev - Excerpts from Visions Fugitives (arr. Valentino)
Vaughan Williams - Toward the Unknown Regions
Thomas - I Dream a World
September 7, 2019: American Milestones
2019 marks the anniversaries of numerous events in American history, from the founding of Jamestown and the Bill of Rights through to the Moon landing and the Internet. In honor of these milestones we present an all-American program, with many works celebrating these events or works that are milestones in themselves.
Chadwick: The Pilgrims
Belcher: The Power of Music
Pachelbel, C: Magnificat
Hewitt: Star Spangled Banner
Paine: Centennial Hymn
Beach: The Chambered Nautilus
Ives: Fugue in Four Keys
Ives: The Circus Band
Ives: Country Band March
Thompson: God’s Bottles from Americana
Grofe: On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite
Copland: Quiet City
Bates: From the Book of Matthew from Sirens
MacDowell: Excerpts from New England op 62
Dvorak: The American Flag
Joplin: Excerpts from Treemonisha
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"I get to participate in music with Calliope that I may only have
one opportunity in a lifetime to play."
- Frank Kumiega, Percussionist
