2014-2015 Season Announcement!
Polychoral Splendor
Sunday, November 16, 3:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
214 East Jefferson Street, Iowa City
Our season kicks off with the sumptuousness of polychoral music, with its thrilling musical dialogue between multiple choirs. The church will ring with the chorus, organ and brass music of Giovanni Gabrieli to the present, including Ye Shall Have a Song, the radiant double-choir finale to Randall Thompsons The Peaceable Kingdom.
Vignettes
Sunday, February 15, 3:00 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church
2701 Rochester Avenue, Iowa City
Vi·gnette /vin-‘yet/: A brief evocative description, account, or episode.
How does one evocatively describe a scene, a moment, even a thought through music? Our second concert explores how composers from different lands and times choose to convey musically such ideas as the seasons, day and night, freedom, love, and faith. These vignettes bear commonalities within themselves, yet within them each piece is uniquea snapshot of its creators time, place, and personality.
George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Saturday, April 25, 7:15 p.m., pre-concert lecture at 6:30
Iowa City West High School Auditorium
2901 Melrose Avenue, Iowa City
The season ends in rousing fashion with a full performance of Handels triumphant oratorio on the story of Judas Maccabee, the Jewish leader who freed his people from foreign domination in the second century BCE. Chorus, soloists, and orchestra join forces for this monumental work, which includes such favorites as See! The conquring hero comes, Arm, arm, ye brave, and Hallelujah! Amen! This performance, open to the public, is the grand finale of the national conference of the American Handel Society. Dont miss this unforgettable performance!