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Circle Singers 2004-2005 Concert Season:
A Spotless Rose
Sunday, December 5, 2004
Saturday, December 11, 2004
From Byrd's "O Magnum Mysterium" to Howells' "A Spotless Rose," composers have celebrated the marvelous mysteries surrounding Mary and the coming of the Christ-child. Whether you perceive texts from a contemporary Da Vinci Code perspective or within time-honored traditional viewpoints, the choral settings used by Benjamin Britten, Alan Bullard, Andrew Carter, Bob Chilcott, Ingram Marshall, Peter Phillips, John Tavener, and other composers from the British Isles will capture your imagination and warm your heart.
These sounds of the season are offered in two different locations in the Washington metropolitan area; a complimentary reception follows each concert. A pre-concert lecture will be given before the December 11th concert by Betty Buchanan, former music director of the Capitol Hill Choral Society and current member of Circle Singers' Board of Directors.
Admission is free for children 12 years and under. Street parking is available at St. David's Episcopal Church. At St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, limited parking is available in the small church lot, with additional parking along Whitehaven Parkway.
A Canadian Sampler
Saturday, March 5, 2005
Founder Sondra Goldsmith Proctor has a reputation for going where other musical directors fear to tread. Each season our mid-season concert focuses on music from another country, and this year you have the opportunity to investigate the range of choral music traditions north of the U.S. border.
From arrangements of chants from native tribes to the classical focus of compositions by Healey Willan, the array of colors and sound palettes used by Canadian composers is intriguing for both performer and listener. Come stretch your ears northward through the grandeur of urban cathedrals into the warm firelight inside rustic log cabins, from wind-swept prairies and open waterways on to snowy tors and remote glaciers.
A pre-concert lecture will be given by Betty Buchanan, former music director of the Capitol Hill Choral Society and current member of Circle Singers' Board of Directors.
Admission is free for children 12 years and under. St. Columba's Episcopal Church is convenient to the Tenleytown subway stop on the Metro's Red Line; street parking is limited.
From Africa to the Underground Railroad
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Sunday, May 1, 2005
This concert expects to be the first of a series that will demonstrate linkages between the rich musical heritages of Africa and the United States. Singers will show how the predominance of minor keys and the layered tapestry of multiple rhythms and multiple texts were central influences in this vast body of work. The African tradition of relaying various information in call-and-response and chant will be highlighted. Narrations will include references to codes, timetables, and maps that were embedded in many of the songs from across the time period of 1619-1860. Of course, Circle Singers will also include several concert arrangements of this music from the period after the Civil War. Come join us for this celebration of the art form that saved so many lives and led so many to freedom.
A pre-concert lecture will be given before the April 30th concert by James Thomas, Director of the National American Red Cross Choir and former member of Circle Singers' Board of Directors.
Admission is free for children 12 years and under. Parking is available in the St. Patrick's Episcopal Church lot and along Whitehaven Parkway; street parking is available at St. David's Episcopal Church. |
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