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Act of Remembrance
A free concert reflecting on the Covid-19 pandemic. The eclectic musical program features choral elegies from various faith traditions exploring the ways we mourn and honoring those whom our communities have lost. Musical selections include the Funeral Hymn by Gustav Holst, based on an ancient Hindu text, Ludwig van Beethoven’s consoling Elegiac Song, the setting of an Ancient Greek invocation to the rulers of the Underworld by Felix Mendelssohn, and Pete Seeger’s humane meditation on the approach of death. In addition, the concert will include works arising directly from the pandemic: Argentine composer Ana Leira Carnero’s moving lament for health-care workers, a set of madrigals inspired by Covid isolation by Brian Banks, and a specially commissioned work by Burlington composer Don Jamison and Vermont poet Abigail Carroll. The music will be interspersed with poetry readings chosen by local poets in collaboration with the host institutions, combining the universality of choral music with the intimacy of poetry to reflect on our shared experience of loss and comfort.
- Sat Apr 18, 1:00 pm, Manchester (VT) Community Library
- Tue Apr 21, 6:30 pm, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington VT
- Sun Apr 26, 3:00 pm, Barre (VT) Universalist Church
- Tue Apr 28, 6:00 pm, Norman Williams Library, Woodstock VT
All events free. At the Barre performance a collection will be taken for the Free Breakfast Program.
La Bonne Chanson
Following up on our 2024 “Sceptered Isle” program highlighting works from the English Choral Tradition, we present concerts of ancient and modern secular a cappella works from France. The program includes choral chansons from the 16th century by composers such as Crecquillon, Janequin, Le Jeune, Passereau, and Sermisy, as well as partsongs by Saint-Saens, folksong settings by Poulenc, and the famous sets of choral songs by Debussy and Ravel.
- Dates and venues to be announced, Fall 2026
Christmas with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
Always the highlight of the Holiday Season, in all corners of Vermont.
- Thurs Dec 10, 7:00pm, Warren United Church
- Fri Dec 11, 7:00pm, United Church of Newport
- Sat Dec 12, 4:00pm, Grafton Community Church
- Sun Dec 13, 5:00pm, First Congregational Church of Manchester