A new concert series called “Music of the Spirit” kicks off on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. with a performance of Requiem by Gabriel Fauré at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church.
The concert will feature a 30-member choir and 30-member orchestra gathered for the occasion that includes choral singers and players from St. Thomas Orchestra and Collegium Westchester, led respectively by Bernard Tamosaitis and Eric Kramer. Soloists for the Requiem will be soprano Kiri Parker and baritone Thomas Jamerson.
“This is the start of a music series that will touch the soul. Faure’s gorgeous Requiem is a classic for the Good Friday/Easter season. In the fall, we plan to present a work about the Holocaust, ‘Cantata for the Children of Terezin,’ by MaryAnn Joyce-Walter, at a local synagogue, in collaboration with the Music Conservatory of Westchester. In addition, Catholic churches have expressed interest in hosting Music of the Spirit programs,” said the series organizer, George Drapeau, board chair and violist with St. Thomas Orchestra.
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The April 12 concert will also include Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.23 in A major, K.488, which Mr. Kramer will conduct from the piano, and Mozart's "Ch'io mi scordi di te” concert aria, sung by Ms. Parker. Tickets are $20 adults, $10 students, $45 families, at www.showtix4u.com and at the door: St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church, 82 Prospect Street, White Plains, NY 10605, (914) 949-5577. Information is available at www.storchestra.org and www.stbartswp.org.
St. Thomas Orchestra's next concert is on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Titled “Springtime in Paris,” it will showcase an all-French program: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns, Ernest Chausson’s transcendent Poème for solo violin and orchestra, Pavane by Gabriel Fauré, and Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz.
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Location of the May 3 concert is White Plains High School, 550 North Street, White Plains, N.Y. Tickets are $20 adults, $10 students, $45 families. Box office: 917 379 2260.
Collegium Westchester Chorus and Orchestra was incorporated as an independent, non-profit entity in 2000. It combines active professional and accomplished avocational musicians into one ensemble, but its repertoire spans music composed from the 17th century to the present. Its instrumentalists and singers are drawn from Westchester County and elsewhere in the New York City metropolitan area, and many of its performers have played or sung with leading choruses and orchestras in New York and throughout the world.
Collegium Westchester's next concert is titled "Different Types of Romanticism." Date is Saturday, June 7 at 8 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Ossining, N.Y. Program: Leonore Overture #2, Beethoven; Les Preludes, Liszt.
