St. Martin's Chamber Choir Home2005-06 Season
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Celebrating the 200th
anniversary of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar, St. Martin's inaugurates its
12th season with a treasure chest of nautical gems, arrangements of British sea
songs, and Anglo-Irish composer C. V. Stanford's stirring "Songs of the
Sea" and "Battle of the Baltic."
Weekend sponsor: Trautman Farms As the angels sang to the
shepherds their song "Glory in the Highest," so St. Martin's
will sing its songs of the season to you, including a mixture of carols
familiar and foreign, ancient and modern, and featuring the world-premiere of a new Mass written for St. Martin's. Works by White,
Weelkes, Poulenc, Redford, Matthews, Singh.
Concert sponsors: Linda Giedl and the Rev. R. L. Butler Trust Tickets $18 adult, $15 senior, $10 student III. "My Full Heart Forth...": The Men of St. Martin’s The men of St. Martin's,
collaborating with cellist James Fittz, professor of cello at the University of
Northern Colorado, sing a widely varied selection of works, sacred and secular,
by Mendelssohn, MacDowell, Elgar and others, in addition to a world premiere by
Terry Schlenker, commissioned especially for this concert.
Concert sponsor: Walter E. Derryberry Tickets $18 adult, $15 senior, $10 student IV. "It is Finished...": Stations of the Cross St. Martin's Chamber Choir follows
the Stations of the Cross in this Lenten observance, including
Renaissance motets and modern sacred classics, tracing Jesus' route
through Jerusalem on the day of his Crucifixion. Works by
Bruckner, Victoria, Schütz, Casals, Palestrina, and others.
Weekend sponsor: The Anglican
Studies Program at the Iliff School of Theology, Tickets $18 adult, $15 senior, $10 student V. "There Let the Pealing Organ..." John Milton's famous stanzas on
the beauty of choir and organ sounding together is the inspiration for St.
Martin's season finale, featuring Richard Robertson as our guest organist.
A variety of festive pieces for organ and choir, culminating with Britten's
masterpiece for the genre, "Rejoice in the Lamb," will provide a
joyous conclusion to our 12th Season.
Weekend sponsor: Stephen
Dilts Tickets $18 adult, $15 senior, $10 student St. Martin's Chamber Choir gratefully acknowledges the support of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, and many private and foundation donors.
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