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[!] Press Release: March 20, 2007 - Times Argus review of MCOS 2007 Spring Concert
Here is what one concert-goer recently said about the 10th Anniversary Spring Concert:
"And on Sunday, the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra... gave its listeners at the Montpelier Unitarian Church an unforgettable and soul-stirring treat as it played music spanning four centuries from Corelli to Diane Huling of Cabot, who teaches at Johnson State. I have been listening to chamber and orchestral music around the world for six decades and never have I witnessed a performance as stellar as this one. This is my third year living in central Vermont and I venture to say that on a per capita basis, the area enjoys a wealth of musical talent second to none. I hope others share my enthusiasm and appreciation for all the fine live classical, choral and other musical styles available to us."- Stephen L. Finner of Barre, VT
Barre Times Argus
April 14, 2005
Call (802)223-5501 to reserve tickets.
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SPRING 2008 PROGRAM
Sat. March 29, 2008, 8:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
Sun. March 30, 2008, 4:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
Troy Peters: Between Hills Briefly Green
Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40
Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D. 485
feat. Violin Soloist Michael Dabroski
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PROJECT OUTREACH
Mon. March 31, 2008, 7:30pm, Main Street School, Montpelier
Young musicians from the Main Street School join MCOS in performance at Main Street School in Montpelier. Master classes and evening concert.
What is Project Outreach?
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Project Outreach |
More events will be posted soon.
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FALL 2007 PROGRAM
Sat. November 17, 2007, 8:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
Sun. November 18, 2007, 4:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
The major work on the fall concerts of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra will be Hector Berlioz's remarkable song cycle, Les nuits d'été ("Summer Nights"), with mezzo-soprano Wendy Hoffman Farrell. To go with this wonderful piece, we'll be doing a variety of other works inspired by the seasons:
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring & Summer Night on the River
Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 "Christmas Concerto"
Thomas L. Read: On October Ground
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été ("Summer Nights")
feat. Soprano Wendy Hoffman Farrell
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SPRING 2007 PROGRAM
Sat. March 17, 2007, 8:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
Sun. March 18, 2007, 4:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
Edward Elgar: Serenade in E minor, Op. 20
Burrill Phillips: Concert Piece for Bassoon and Strings
Francisco Mignone: Concertino for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra
W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201/186a
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
The soloist for the Phillips and Mignone will be bassoonist Rachael Elliott
Rachael Elliott has toured extensively throughout the United States and Europe and recorded several critically-acclaimed albums with the innovative new music ensemble, Clogs. Her interest in contemporary and improvised music has led her to commission and perform several new works featuring the bassoon. Recent grants and awards include: National Endowment for the Arts/Chamber Music America Special Commissioning Award (with Clogs); Vermont Arts Council Opportunity Grant; and American Composers Forum Encore Grant. Rachael earned degrees in bassoon performance from the Manhattan School of Music and the Yale School of Music, where she studied with Frank Morelli. Other teachers have included Janet Polk and Pascal Gallois. She teaches at the University of Vermont, Middlebury College and the Kinhaven Music School.
"Elliott is the Jaco Pastorius of the bassoon, sweeping between glowing bass parts and sweet, yearning melodies in the highest register." -- The Guardian (UK)
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Rachael Elliott
Read the Times Argus concert review here.
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FALL 2006 PROGRAM
Sat. November 4, 2006, 8:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
Sun. November 5, 2006, 4:00pm, Vermont College Hall Chapel
"Natural Wonders"
Gwyneth Walker: About Leaves
Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne - Shyla Nelson, soprano soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
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PROJECT OUTREACH
Mon. March 27, 2006, 6:30pm, Main Street School, Montpelier
Young musicians from the Main Street School join MCOS in performance at Main Street School in Montpelier.
What is Project Outreach?
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Project Outreach |
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SPRING 2006 PROGRAM
Sat. March 25, 2006, 8:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Sun. March 26, 2006, 4:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Three German Dances, K. 605 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns Howard Hanson
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen (* Arr. Sandra Dackow)
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante di molto piu' tosto Allegretto
III. Allegro Vivace
Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra Alexander Arutunian (* Daniel Patrylak, trumpet)
Overture to Nabucco Giuseppe Verdi
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FALL 2005 PROGRAM
Sat. October 22, 2005, 8:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Sun. October 23, 2005, 4:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Suite from Platée (1749)
Jean-Phillippe Rameau 1683 - 1764
Meditation from Thaïs
Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Masques et Bergamasques, op. 112
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Ma mere l'Oye
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
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JUNE 2005 PROGRAM
Sat. June 4, 2005, 7:30pm, Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, Vermont
Music to celebrate Soprano Marjorie Drysdale
With Wayne Hobbs and Michael Hogan, tenors, Sounding Joy! chorus
And the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra
The concert will include selections from musical theater, operetta, lieder, and oratorios, concluding with stunning Puccini opera solos and duets with the orchestra.
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PROJECT OUTREACH
Mon. April 11, 2005, 7:00pm, U-32 High School Auditorium, East Montpelier
Young musicians from the Rumney and Berlin schools join MCOS in performance at U-32 High School Auditorium, East Montpelier.
What is Project Outreach?
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SPRING 2005 PROGRAM - MCOS 10th Anniversary Concert
Sat. April 2, 2005, 8:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Sun. April 3, 2005, 4:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Come celebrate MCOS's 10th anniversary spring concert: EVOLUTION.
Since the group began with a desire to give string players a special home, it is honoring those roots with a program of all-string music. The music takes place in Rome-1714, Hamburg-1773, Berlin-1821, Prague-1875, Frankfurt-1927, and Cabot, Vt.-2005, thus spanning almost 300 years of differing styles in our musical evolution (Corelli, CPE Bach, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Hindemith, Huling). To honor MCOS's founding director Diane Huling, the orchestra has commissioned her to compose a work for strings which will receive its world premier at these concerts. MCOS has also invited Vermonter now-college student at Baltimore's Peabody Conservatory Jesse Irons & two friends to solo with the orchestra.
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DECEMBER 2004 PROGRAM
Sat. Dec. 18, 2004, 7:30pm, St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Montpelier
Sun. Dec. 19, 2004, 3:00pm, St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, Montpelier
Pergolesi: Missa Romana
Haydn: Harmoniemesse
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, No. 8
Soloists:
Celina Moore, soprano
Elaine Russell, mezzo-soprano
Robert Dockstader, tenor
Simon Chaussé, baritone
Chorus: Onion River Chorus
Orchestra: Montpelier Chamber Orchestra
Conductors: Larry Gordon & Catherine Broucek Orr
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FALL 2004 PROGRAM
Sat. Nov. 6, 2004, 8:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Sun. Nov. 7, 2004, 4:00pm, Unitarian Church of Montpelier
Mozart: Overture to Magic Flute
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Unfinished Symphony, No. 8
Linda Rosenthal, violin soloist
Press Release
Times Argus article 11-05-04
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Linda Rosenthal
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