Thursday, May 31, 2007
St. Paul's Cathedral Music Festival
The annual St. Paul's Music Festival begins this weekend. The Festival is a week of the best music in the Worcester area - which is really very good. Here's the schedule:
Sunday, June 3
The New England Ringers
New England’s premier handbell virtuosi ring in the 2007 Festival. The uplifting and joyful sound of bells will make you smile from the first note to the last!
$10 Adults $5 students and children
www.newenglandringers.org
Monday June 4
1:00 pm Organ Concert
Admission free
7:00 pm Worcester Chamber Music Society
Tracy Kraus, Peter Sulski, Mark Berger, Maria Ferrante, Ian Watson and Jonathan Yasuda perform a lively program featuring the C minor Piano Quartet, Op 60 of Johannes Brahms. Also on the program are piano music for 4 hands by Mozart, Rossini songs, and a little known gem by Friedrich Kuhlau, the Flute Quintet, Op. 51 for flute and string quartet.
$20 adults $15 seniors $10 students and children
www.worcesterchambermusic.org
Tuesday June 5
1:00 pm Organ Concert
Admission free
7:00 pm
Worcester Collegium Strings
Serenade in E minor - Edward Elgar
Chamber Symphony - D. Shostakovich
Serenade - A. Dvorak
This concert is preceded at 6.15 by a 20 minute concert by Worcester Collegium Youth strings
$10 adults $5 children
Wednesday, June 6
1:00 pm Organ Concert
Admission free
7:00 pm Harpsichord Fest! - Arcadia Players play Vivaldi and Bach
One of New England’s finest period-instrument ensembles, Arcadia Players present not only a harpsichord extravaganza, but Vivaldi, Bach and Vivaldi arranged by Bach. Not to be missed!
Harpsichordists: Gregory Hayes, Donald Meineke, Allan Taylor
Arcadia Players Baroque Ensemble, Ian Watson harpsichord/director
$10 adults $5 students and children
www.arcadiaplayers.org
Thursday June 7
1:00 pm Organ Concert
Admission free
7:00 pm
The Dynamics – Umass Amherst’s hottest A Capella group!
$10 adults $5 students and children
www.dynamicsacappella.com
Friday June 8
1:00 pm Organ Concert
Admission free
7:00 pm Worcester Collegium World Premiere performance
Simple Symphony - Benjamin Britten
Fantasia on Greensleeves - R. Vaughan Williams
Divertimento in F - W.A. Mozart
Sonata for Viola and Orchestra - Rebecca Clarke (World Premiere)
Peter Sulski solo viola; Ian Watson, conductor
Adults $20 Seniors $15 Children $10
www.rebeccaclarke.org
Saturday June 9
7:00 pm American Traditions – New and Old
Jointly sponsored by Salisbury Singers and Mastersingers of Worcester
In preparation for our joint concert tour to Europe, the Salisbury Singers and the Mastersingers of Worcester will once again collaborate in presenting the best in American musical traditions. Spirituals, folk songs, and new arrangements of traditional songs will fill the magnificent space of the Cathedral of St. Paul and the choruses will premiere a new work by Gwyneth Walker, New England Journey. The concert will also feature a performance of the popular Missa Kenya by Paul Basler.
$20 adults $18 seniors, students and children
www.salisburysingers.org
Sunday June 10
4:00 pm Festival Finale
Concerto for Organ & Orchestra in G minor - Francis Poulenc
"Nelson" Mass in D minor - Franz Joseph Haydn
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir, St. Paul's Festival Orchestra
Monica Hatch, soprano; Paulette Labarre, alto;
Raymond Delisle, tenor; Jonathan Labarre bass
Jeffrey Wood, organ; Ian Watson, conductor
Admission Free
