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Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet
- Thur Dec 11, 7:00 pm, Warren United Church, 339 Main Street, Warren, VT 05674
- Fri Dec 12, 7:00 pm, Newport United Church, 63 – 3rd St, Newport, VT 05855
- Sat Dec 13, 5:00 pm, Grafton Community Church, 55 Main St, Grafton VT 05146
- Sun Dec14, 4:00 pm, First Congregational Church, 3624 Main St, Manchester, VT 05254
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.