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May, 1989 - "From Broadway to the Met"
This concert featured guest soloists, Katherine Turner, Robyn Shapiro,
Michael Magiera and Kent Smith. Ray Brokamp and Anna Lee Trader were pianists,
Tom Clark (percussion) and Douglas Smith, as conductor. The first half
of the program included "The Abduction from the Seraglio" by Mozart,
The "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin, Verdi's "Libiamo"
from La Traviata, "La Donna e Mobile" from Rigoletto
and "Flower Duet" and "Humming Chorus" from Madama
Butterfly. Gounod's included "Trio Finale" and "Apotheosis"
from Faust and Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" from Il
Trovatore. Following the intermission, there were numbers from
Oklahoma,
My
Fair Lady, the Sound of Music, Phantom of the
Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, The Mikado,
The
Pirates of Penzance and Les Miserables.
August, 1 989
- "Broadway's Finest"
This concert is a choral review of the best-loved melodies from "The
Great White Way". Pianists were Anna Lee Trader and Ray Brokamp. Part One
of the program featured selections from "Oklahoma", "My Fair Lady" ("Ascot
Gavotte", "Wouldn't It Be Loverly"), "The Sound of Music" ("Climb Ev'ry
Mountain", "Nun's Chorus"), "1776" ("Mama, Look Sharp") and
"Phantom
of the Opera". Part two included selections from "Fiddler on the
Roof" ("Tradition"), "Lohengrin" ( Bridal Chorus"), "Cabaret" and
"Les
Miserables". ECAS members featured as soloists included Ed Nordby,
Barbara Roach, Patti Rubin, James Barnes, Theo Fitzpatrick, Rachel Clement,
Gwen Fink, Frances Cresswell and John Barber.
November,
1989 - Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Requiem"
Presented in the Talbot County Auditorium in Easton and the Asbury
United Methodist Church in Salisbury, the 50-member choral group also features
Katherine Barlow (soprano), Michael Magiera (tenor), and Patrick Bergin
(boy soprano). This requiem was composed three years ago and presented
in this area for the first time. Webber focuses more on the musical than
the liturgical form in this work. Webber is renowned for his compositions,
"Jesus
Christ Superstar", "Evita", "Cats" and "Phantom of the Opera".
In this "Requiem" Webber combines all styles of music in the one-hour
work including, symphonic, operatic, pop and quasi-rock. There was a pre-concert
lecture for patrons given by Dr. Smith on the history and current form
of the Requiem Mass. |
