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Patria Oppressa
Counterpoint explores the world of opera! This concert celebrates theatrical scenes where an onstage chorus laments oppression or rises in resistance against unjust tyranny. Sources include famous and unfamiliar works by Verdi, Berlioz, Musorgsky, Beethoven, Prokofiev, and many others.
- September 25-27, 2026, venues TBA
This program supported by a grant from the Concert Artist Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation.
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
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.
- March 12-14, 2027, venues to be announced
Low Sounds by the Shore
For summer 2027, Counterpoint celebrates the moods, sounds, and denizens of our lakes. The concert includes works by Schumann, Delius, Mendelssohn, Stanford, and Barber, arrangements of beloved folksongs, and settings of poems by Carl Sandburg, Jay Parini, and of course William Butler Yeats’s famous lyric The Lake Isle of Innisfree.
- Dates and venues to be announced, June-July 2027