Sunday, December 5th at 2 pm
VentiCordi Chamber Music
Poetic Justice
Woodfords Church
202 Woodfords St, Portland, ME
Dorothy Howell – Air, Variations and Finale, for Violin, Oboe, and Piano
Dorothy Rudd Moore – Twelve Quatrains from the Rubaiyat, for Mezzo-Soprano and Oboe
Malcom Arnold – Suite Bourgeoise, for Oboe, Flute and Piano
Margaret Brouwer – Declaration, for Violin, Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Kathleen McNerney, Oboe; Dean Stein, Violin; Chiharu Naruse, Piano; Joelle Morris, Mezzo-Soprano; Krysia Tripp, Flute
Admission: more info https://www.venticordi.com/tickets
• General Admission: $25
• Seniors: $20 (group discounts available)
• 18 and younger: $5
Le compositeur Camille Saint-Saëns déclarait à son propos qu’elle était « une fille de l’opéra-comique ayant mal tourné, mais les filles qui tournent mal ne sont pas toujours sans agrément ». C’est en effet des célèbres opéras bouffes de Jacques Offenbach (La Belle Hélène, La Périchole, La Vie parisienne…) qu’est née l’opérette, ce genre lyrique si caractéristique de la Belle Époque. À son tour, elle engendrera la comédie musicale américaine dont le succès ne s’est pas démenti depuis le début du XXe siècle.
Made in Maine: Reflections in Song features carefully chosen songs from the Resinosa Ensemble commissioned premieres: selections from Daniel Sonenberg’s six song cycle Beauty is Not Enough, with text by Edna St. Vincent Millay; selections from John Newell’s Night Songs with poems by Sara Teasdale; the final movement of Nancy Gunn’s Spiresongs, poems by Elizabeth Spires; and selections from Richard Nelson’s A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream, featuring poems by Ellen Taylor
The Maine Music Society Chorale and Orchestra will join music-making forces with the Bates College Choir and Orchestra, the Schola Cantorum of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and the chamber choirs of Edward Little and Lewiston High Schools to present the monumental 9th Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. It is a most fitting way to celebrate this composer by performing his last symphony, which includes the triumphant choral last movement – the “Ode to Joy.”
Recognized for her unpretentious charm and incredibly soulful, dynamic vocals, Joëlle Morris, along with jazz pianist Matt Fogg (recently featured on Rich Tozier’s “Friday Night Jazz” on NPR) manages to hit the very tricky balance of incorporating Edith Piaf’s greatest hits such as “La Vie en Rose“, “Hymne à l’amour” and “Non, je ne regrette rien” with fresh and exciting 21st century jazz overtones. Bringing a modern take on classic French chanson to delight audiences with a contagious “joie de vivre”. Sung both in French and in English.
André Previn, Lukas Foss, Bunita Marcus, and Maine composers Daniel Sonenberg and Nancy Gunn. Featured on the program will be the World Premiere of UMA faculty composer Richard Nelson’s “A Forest of Glass, a Kaleidoscope, a Dream”, a cycle of three songs on texts by Ellen Taylor.
Joëlle Morris, Mezzo Soprano 