Promoting and strengthening the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina
Profound poetry set to beautiful choral music, highlights include “Highland Mary” from Four Robert Burns Ballads composed by James Mulholland, “Ronde” from Trois Chanson composed by Maurice Ravel, “Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain” from Three Shakespeare Songs by Arthur Frackenpohl.
Poetic expressions of life, love, and reflections on nature. Selections include “Fern Hill” composed by John Corigliano, based on a poem by Dylan Thomas, “Five Hebrew Love Songs” composed by Eric Whitacre, and “Reflections from a Mexican Garden” composed by Kevin Padworski and based on poems by Grace Hazard Conklin, So Juana Inés de la... Read More →
with the North Carolina Boys and Girls Choirs and Leonard Rowe, baritone Voices “sings in” the holidays with orchestra and special guests, presenting a concert filled with seasonal delights. Principal works include: Honegger – Christmas Cantata, Finzi – In terra pax, Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols. Also featuring familiar carols and popular selections,... Read More →
This all-Brasilian music concert features a set of works by Brasilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. For the second half of the concert, Cantari will be joined by guest soloist Caique Vidal (from Bahia) and a Brasilian drumming ensemble to present a variety of Brasilian folk and popular song.
Cantari presents a variety of pieces by composers from Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina and Mexico (e.g., Estevez, Grau, Carcelen, Gardel). Voices then takes us on a musical journey through Canada in performing Donald Patriquin’s Six Songs of Early Canada. Both Voices and Cantari will combine to sing selections from both sets of Copland’s Old American Songs.
Summer Voices' concert is all about fun! Please join us for a joyful rendition of songs from Broadway shows, movies and other songs that are beautiful on their own. Selections include a medley from the rock opera Hair, a medley of pieces by Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Light” (from Next to Normal), “You’ll be Back” (from... Read More →
Voices - The Chapel Hill Chorus - combines with the Triangle String Quartet in performing our spring concert "Hands of Love." Featured works include Julian Gunkel’s "Lux Aeterna," Dieterich Buxtehude’s “Ad manus” (from the cantata Membra Jesu Nostri), Caroline Shaw’s "To the Hands," and Jake Runested’s "The Hope of Loving." Our chamber ensemble Cantari will perform a set of a cappella pieces, including Jenni Brandon’s... Read More →
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