Vancouver Master Chorale 75th Anniversary Spectacular
$25 ($5 students age 13-college w/ID; ages 12 & under free)
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Serenade to Music
Francis Poulenc — Gloria, FP 177
Daniel Trushov — The Ruins of Mariupol (world premiere)
Giacomo Puccini — Selected works (aria TBA)
The Vancouver Master Chorale will celebrate its 75th anniversary with two gala concerts including the choral movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Members of the Portland Gay Men's Chorus and the Skyview High School Concert Choir will combine for a 200-voice choir for the well-known Beethoven work. The Master Chorale will also perform Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams and Gloria by Poulenc. The Chorale's professional orchestra will accompany all three works.
The "Ode to Joy" choral movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is one of the most-recognized works of classical music. British composer Vaughan Williams wrote Serenade to Music in 1938, based upon text from Shakespeare. The French composer Poulenc wrote his jazz-influenced Gloria in 1959.
The concerts will also include the world premiere of The Ruins of Mariupol, a string quartet inspired by the devastation of that city in Ukraine. The composer is Daniel Trushov of Vancouver, a member of the choir.
Also on the program is a Puccini aria performed by Morgan Greco, a senior at Washougal High School who won the Chorale's annual Youth Scholarship.
Performances on May 18 & 19.
About Vancouver Master Chorale (USA)
The Vancouver Master Chorale, a volunteer mixed-voice chorus, are dedicated to presenting significant works of sacred and secular choral music; inspiring and uplifting audiences through quality performances of artistic excellence; and promoting appreciation and enjoyment of choral music in a caring, nurturing environment.
All walks of life are represented in the choir's membership, ages ranging from as young as 15 to over 80 years.
The Vancouver Master Chorale presents 3-4 concerts per season. Audience size varies from no less than 300 and as many as 800. All rehearsals and concerts are held at First Presbyterian Church.
This diverse group is brought together by a common love of music and the desire to enrich communities at home and abroad with the very best of choral music and friendship.
https://vancouvermasterchorale.org/