THE CANTATA SINGERS & ENSEMBLE
David Hoose, Music Director
Allison Voth, Director, Chamber Music
Dear friend,
Cantata Singers is delighted to announce its 2008-2009 season, a celebration of Benjamin Britten – his thought-provoking, inventive music for chorus, orchestra, chamber ensemble, and solo voice – and his enduring legacy to children’s music education.
Season Tickets: the way to go!
Now more than ever, we encourage you to buy season tickets. Starting next season, New England Conservatory will assess a $2 hall preservation surcharge on every seat sold – with the exception of season tickets.This means that you can save even more by purchasing your season tickets NOW: you’ll receive our early-bird discount, avoid the surcharge, and get the best seats.
Season Invitation from Music Director David Hoose
Music Director David Hoose’s program descriptions will whet your appetite for this outstanding season that includes the Fauré Requiem, Bach, Beethoven, and a new work by Andy Vores, in addition to the rich array of Britten.
Anniversary Celebration of Cantata Singers Education Programs
Benjamin Britten was one of the most influential proponents of music by and for young people, and he composed music for children both to perform and to enjoy. The pairing of this composer and Cantata Singers at this moment is especially telling, since we celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of our flagship education program, Classroom Cantatas, our music composition and performance residency program in Boston’s inner city schools. Click here to view our new Classroom Cantatas video!
We also hope you will take this chance to show your support for the best choral music in Boston by including a donation with your ticket order.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Britten season and thank you, as ever, for your continued support.
Warmly,
Lisa Stiller
Executive Director
Cantata Singers 2008-2009 concert dates and programs
Friday, September 19, 8:00 pm – Institute of Contemporary Art
Cantata Singers and Collage New Music Come Together
for the Ditson Festival of Contemporary Music
Tickets will be sold through the ICA Box Office at 617-478-3103.
Donald Sur Sonnet 97
Sur Catena III
Sur Satori on Park Avenue
Yehudi Wyner On this Most Voluptuous Night
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
Dalit Warshaw Sonate Francaise (The Unwritten Chapters)
David Rakowski Imaginary Dances
Irving Fine O Know to End as to Begin, from The Hour-Glass
Fine Design for October, from The Choral New Yorker, orch. D. Hoose
Friday, November 7, 8:00 pm – New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
Benjamin Britten Hymn to the Virgin
Nicholas Maw One Foot in Eden Still, I Stand
First Boston performance
Britten Cantata misericordium
Rockland Osgood, tenor
David Kravitz, bass
Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Megan Beltran, soprano
Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass
Pre-concert speaker: John Ehrlich
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Sunday, November 23, 2008, 3:00 pm — Longy School of Music, Cambridge
Songs and Vocal Chamber Music by Benjamin Britten
Cantata Singers Chamber Series
Allison Voth, Music Director
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Friday, January 16, 8:00 pm – Jordan Hall
All-Britten
Lachrymae
Roger Tapping, viola
Five Flower Songs
Phaedra
Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Michael Slattery, tenor
Michael Thompson, horn
Rejoice in the Lamb, orch. Imogen Holst
First Boston performance of chorus-orchestral version
Pre-concert speaker: David Hoose
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Saturday, February 7, 2 pm — All Saints Parish, Brookline
Benjamin Britten Noye’s Fludde
Members of Cantata Singers in a staged performance featuring young singers and instrumentalists from Boston area arts organizations.
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Friday, March 13, 8:00 pm – Jordan Hall
Ludwig van Beethoven Mass in C
Benjamin Britten Orchestra Suite from Death in Venice
First Boston performance
Gerald Finzi Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
Pre-concert speaker: Andrew Clark
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Sunday, April 26, 3 pm – Roxbury Community College
Benjamin Britten The Little Sweep
Allison Voth, Music Director
Robin Fawcett, Stage Director
Members of Cantata Singers and PALS Children’s Chorus
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Friday, May 8, 8:00 pm – Jordan Hall
Benjamin Britten Psalm 150
Boston Children’s Chorus
Anthony Trecek-King, Artistic Director
J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 149,
“Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg in den Hütten der Gerechten”
Classroom Cantatas Cantata
First performance
Student composers from Neighborhood House Charter School
and Boston Children’s Chorus
Andy Vores Natural Selection
First performance
Britten The Company of Heaven
Karyl Ryczek, soprano
William Hite, tenor
James Petosa, speaker
Pre-concert speaker: Andy Vores
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