St. Martin's Chamber Choir

An International Grand Tour
Fifth Subscription Season, 2002-03


I. Charles Villiers Stanford: The Second English Musical Renaissance

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, featuring his compositions those of his many students, including Vaughan Williams, Holst and Howells.  [Concert program]

Friday September 27, 2002 7:30 p.m. - St. Elizabeth's Church, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe, Denver
Sunday September 29, 2002 7:30 p.m.
- St. Elizabeth's Church, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe, Denver


II. Christmas in the Americas

William Grant Still's "Christmas in the Western World" for string quartet, piano and choir will be the featured work in this holiday concert, which will also include "The St. Luke Christmas Story" by Cecil Effinger and other works by American and Colorado composers.  [Concert program]

Friday December 20, 2002 7:30 p.m. - St. Elizabeth's Church, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe, Denver
Saturday December 21, 2002 7:30 p.m.
- Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, Broomfield
Sunday December 22, 2002 7:30 p.m. -
St. Elizabeth's Church, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe, Denver


III. 17th Century Italian Avant Garde

An intimate concert in an intimate setting, featuring 12 singers from the full choir performing works by Monteverdi, Gesualdo and others of the early Baroque era.   [Concert program]

Friday February 14, 2003 7:30 p.m. - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2015 Glenarm Pl., Denver
Sunday February 16, 2003 7:30 p.m. - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2015 Glenarm Pl., Denver


IV.  Literary Concert Series - French Impressionism in Word and Song

Works by Debussy, Ravel, Faure, Boulanger and non-Frenchmen also infected with the new style, such as Delius and Pizzetti. [Concert program]

Friday April 4, 2003 7:30 p.m. - St. Elizabeth's Church, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe, Denver
Sunday April 6, 2003 7:30 p.m. -
St. Elizabeth's Church, Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe, Denver


V. From Bach to Brahms: The German Motet

German motets by J. Christoph Bach, J. S. Bach, J. C. F. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Brahms, Arnold Mendelssohn and Hugo Distler. [Concert program]

Friday June 6, 2003 7:30 p.m. - St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, 13th and Clarkson, Denver
Sunday June 8, 2003 7:30 p.m. -
St. John's Episcopal Cathedral, 13th and Clarkson, Denver


               St. Martin's Chamber Choir gratefully acknowledges the grant support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, the Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, and the Colorado Council on the Arts.

 

 

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