Bellevue Chamber Chorus presents 'Water Music: Songs of Rain, Rivers, Lakes & Oceans'
$20 / $15 / $10 (12 & under free)
Sid Robinovitch — Noche de Lluvia "Night of Rain"
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Sicut Cervus
Alice Parker — Take me to the Water
Aaron Copland — The Boatmen's Song
Samuel Barber — To Be Sung on the Water
Felix Mendelssohn — Wie der Hirsch schreit
Palestrina – Sicut cervus
Mendelssohn – Wie der Hirsch schreit
Samuel Barber – To Be Sung on the Water
Gwyneth Walker – Deep River
Aaron Copland – The Boatmen’s Song
Sid Robinovitch – Noche de Lluvia (Night of Rain)
Alice Parker – Take Me to the Water
Additional works TBA
“It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.” (Nicolas Sparks)
Join us for a celebration of the literal and figurative waters running through our lives: captivating settings of Ps. 42:1 (As the deer longs for water) by Palestrina (Sicut cervus) and Mendelssohn (Wie der Hirsch schreit), the smooth, slow drifts of Samuel Barber’s To Be Sung on the Water and Gwyneth Walker’s arrangement of the spiritual Deep River, rollicking waves of Aaron Copland’s The Boatmen’s Song, tango-inspired Noche de Lluvia (Night of Rain) by Sid Robinovitch, the inexorable current of Alice Parker’s Take Me to the Water, and many others… Kawouno wan gi pi – “today, we have water! We are so happy!”
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors, $10 for students over 12 (age 12 & under free)
About Bellevue Chamber Chorus
Bellevue Chamber Chorus, founded in 1984, performs a minimum of three major concerts each season, encompassing a variety of choral literature from the classical standards and contemporary works to world music, Broadway hits, and vocal jazz. The Chorus often joins other ensembles in performances of major choral/orchestral works, such as Mozart’s Vespers and Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem, Rutter's Mass of the Children, and Ariel Ramirez' Misa por la Paz y la Justicia. The ensemble has premiered works by regional composers, including commissioned works for the Washington State Centennial Celebration, the grand opening of the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, a special 20th anniversary season commissioned piece, That Music Always Round Me, by Seattle composer, John Muehleisen, and co-commissions of pieces by Andre Thomas and Eric Whitacre. The Chorus has released three CDs, “Timeframes”, “Retrospective”, and our 2013 holiday CD, “Christmas Visions, Winter Dreams”. Bellevue Chamber Chorus tours often and has performed in Carnegie Hall, various locations in Europe, the International Music Festival (2000) in Sydney, Australia, and twice at the invitational Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, where they won first place in 2008 in the adult mixed chorus category. Other performances include the Leavenworth International Choral Festival, the international “Rolling Requiem” in memory of September 11th, as one of the regional choruses in the NEA sponsored American Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle, and in Kelowna, B.C. as part of the Okanogan Choral Society Series. The Chorus toured the south of France in the summer of 2017 and participated in the 22nd International Choir Festival in Provence, and the 9th International Choir Festival in Aveyron. The Chorus has been selected as one of only six choirs to perform in a special GSCC event “Welcome Home Morten Lauridsen” in October 2019. Bellevue Chamber Chorus has active memberships in the Bellevue Downtown Association, Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) and Chorus America. The Chorus is supported in part by the Bellevue Arts Commission and 4Culture.
http://bellevuechamberchorus.org/