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February,
1984 - "A Sea Symphony" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Choral Arts 30-member group presented this concert in "The Gold
Room" of the Tidewater Inn in Easton. Accompaning the group was the Mt.
Vernon Sinfonietta of Baltimore. "The Sea Symphony" is the first
of nine symphonies written during the lifetime of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
It was first performed in England in 1910. The text is from Walt Whitman's
poems from "Leaves of Grass" and reflects the composer's love of the sea
and of sailing ships. The music calls up the relentless power and mystery
of the oceans, at times suggesting sea chanties and alternating with parts
that explode with violence or settle to exquisite calm. Directed by Florence
Ruley, solos were sung by the choral arts members, Virginia Van Tine and
John Farrell. May
1984 - Spring "Pops" Concert
This concert began with selections from "A Chorus Line", followed
by "Embraceable You" and "Red Wing". The women's chorus sang
"Exactly
Like You" and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"
and the
men's chorus sang "Tea for Two", "Make Believe" and
"Two Chanties".
Following the intermission was "Monday's Child", "Sing a Song of Sixpence",
selections from "Evita" and three Benjamin Britten songs, "Lift
Boy", "Old Abram Brown" and "Oliver Cromwell". Accompaniment
for the concert included Henry Koenig, IV on guitar, Ted Nichols on percussion
and Renee Reitz playing piano.
October,
1984 - "Missa Brevis"
"Missa Brevis" by the Hungarian composer, Zoltan Kodaly was
composed in 1945 and sung in Latin, proving to be an elegant and lovely
work. The second half of the program was "A Pops Encore", including arrangements
by the late, great, Fred Waring. Some of the Fred Waring tunes included
"Make
Believe", "Bye, Bye Blackbird", "Tea for Two", "Red Wing", highlights
of the broadway musical "Chorus Line", "Anniversary Song", "I
Want to be Happy", Gershwin's "Embraceable You", and
"You'll
Never Walk Alone" from Rogers and Hammerstein's "Carosel". |
