Auditions

Auditions are open for Burlington Choral Society, Crescendo Inc, Old North Festival Chorus and Old North Church and Shir Joy Chorus. See the auditions page for more information.

March 9, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Less is More: Minimalism in Choral Music. This program begins where last season’s March program left off—this year we are taking the old shape note tunes in a minimalist direction, inspired by William Duckworth’s monumental collection Southern Harmony. We will also explore what happens when you deconstruct music in a wider sense, so you will hear music with the use of a limited scale, music without pitch, music without rhythmic coordination, and so forth. William Walker/William Duckworth: Holy Manna; William Duckworth: Turtle Dove; The Mouldering Vine; Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio; Ernst Toch: Geographical Fugue; Scott Anthony Shell: I Am the Dance; Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach; Alice Parker: Wondrous Love; William Duckworth: Wondrous Love; Philip Glass: Three Songs (settings of texts by Leonard Cohen, Dorothy Parker, and George Herbert, among others); Hilary Tann: Paradise; Heinrich Christensen: Very Short Songs. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. 11 Garden Street Cambridge, MA, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

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