Events
Illuminare
Festival Chorus with String Quintet
Sunday, March 30 at 3:00 p.m.
48 New Canaan Road, Wilton, CT (Wilton Presbyterian Church)
Sunrise from Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, the first place in the United States to see the sunrise. Photo Credit: Rachel Dorset
Embrace joy and light!
Music on the Hill invites you to Illuminare, featuring the Festival Chorus and string quintet.
This concert features Illuminare by Elaine Hagenberg. Of this piece, the composer's first extended work for chorus, she writes, “The piece takes us through a season of beauty and goodness that has been disrupted by darkness and confusion. But as Light gradually returns, hope is restored, illuminating our future and guiding us in peace." The five movements of the piece traverse this narrative arc with beauty, drama, and soaring melodies.
Also on the program is Toward the Unknown Region by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This magnificent setting of Walt Whitman's poem established Vaughan Williams's reputation as one of the leading composers of the twentieth century. The idea of a spiritual journey - the passage of the soul from darkness to light, “Toward the Unknown Region" - is central to the text and fully reflected in the music.
Completing the program is Forgotten Faces: A Triptych of American Poets by Connecticut composer Len Handler. From the composer: “The connective tissue for all three of the texts is the passage of time...love will span the course of time and remain long after all earthly things are gone."
Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at the door. Children/students free.
Springtime Celebration
Handbell Ensembles with Percussion
Friday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
210 Rowayton Avenue, Norwalk, CT
(United Church of Rowayton - Livingston Hall)
Photo Credit: Wendy Levy
Enjoy a delightful variety of joyful melodies, including original compositions for handbells and arrangements of traditional tunes and instrumental songs. Highlights include Sharon Rogers’ arrangement of Scott Joplin’s Peacherine Rag, with a variety of handbell techniques, and with percussion; The Rowan Tree, arranged for handbells and flute by Kathleen Wissinger; and Martha Lynn Thompson’s arrangement of Leroy Anderson’s The Syncopated Clock, with percussion.
Join us for this fabulous program, full of joyful bell sounds and other musical instruments!
Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at the door. Children/students free.
The Merry Month of May
Festival Chorus Concert
Friday, May 30
La Camargo Dancing, Nicolas Lancret
Experienced adult and teen singers are invited to join the Festival Chorus for
The Merry Month of May, a celebration of madrigals!
Rehearsals:
Tuesdays, May 6, 13, 20, & 27, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
at Music on the Hill, 9B Brookside Road, Georgetown, Connecticut
Concert:
Friday, May 30