Fall Concert
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 3:00 PM
First United Methodist
Church
64
East North Street, Carlisle
Two major works highlight
Cantate
Carlisle's fall
concerts:
Francis Poulenc’s most popular work,
Gloria
Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical
Songs, wonderful settings of George Herbert texts for baritone
soloist and choir.
The popularity of the festive Gloria may be due in part to some wonderfully
sculpted melodies that are repeated often enough to resound in the listeners’ memories long after the
performance is finished. Rhythmically and harmonically satisfying as well, the piece explores the many moods of
the text from majestic to playful to introspective to sublime.
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Heather Oliver Kot, area soloist and voice teacher, will perform
perform the evocative solo sections of this exciting work with her rich, dramatic soprano voice.
Cantate
Carlisle also welcomes
organist Brian Rotzin this collaboration, for a significant aspect of the piece is the rich palate
of tone colors featured in the accompaniment. The
compositions of Ralph Vaughan Williams appeal to a wide audience, possibly due to
his notable cataloging, and incorporation of the English folk song into his vast
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of compositional output. The
Five
Mystical Songs range from introspectively
reverent to powerfully moving. Many listeners will recognize the hymn tune "Let All the World
in EveryCorner."
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Cantate Carlisle is thrilled to join with
renowned baritone
Jonathan
Hays to present these wonderfully colorful and thought
provoking songs. Jonathan hails from the Harrisburg area and has built a successful career as a
performing artist on stages all across the country, including Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.
He is known for his interpretative skills in genres ranging from operas of Mozart, Puccini, and
Wagner to Bach cantatas, Handel oratorios, and
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contemporary works of Britten, Hindemith
and
Bloch. Mr. Hays continues to perform throughout the country while also maintaining a
voice studio at both Dickinson College and Susquehanna University.
Several shorter works will round out the fall program,
including anthems by
celebrated British composer William
Mathias and hymn settings and sacred
pieces by John Rutter, Mack Wilberg, Mark Hayes and Z.
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