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Coming Up:
Masterworks I: By Dreaming Water
October 09, 2010
October 10, 2010
Glacier Symphony with mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert, John Zoltek conducting.
Our season opens with Franz Liszt’s brilliant Romantic orchestral showpiece Les Preludes one of his most popular tone poems in the repertoire. Mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert returns to our concert stage (Carmen in 2008) to sing the enigmatic and transcendent orchestral song cycle Sea Pictures, a work of haunting beauty and orchestral imagery by the English Romantic composer Edward Elgar. The concert will conclude in grand dramatic style with Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet music from Swan Lake the immortal musical fantasy tale of tragic supernatural love.
Masterworks II: An American Journey: Voices and Visions
November 06, 2010
November 07, 2010
The Glacier Chorale and Chamber Singers will present a musical tribute to America in five sets with titles borrowed from Katharine Lee Bates’ famous lyrics in the song “America, the Beautiful”:
Performed the weekend before Veterans Day, this concert is a musical and visual journey that celebrates America’s historical foundations and traditions and our country’s optimism and hope for the future. Special arrangements of inspirational songs such as “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” “The Mansions of the Lord,” “God Bless America,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “The Star Spangled Banner,” and “America, the Beautiful” will be sung by the 70 select voices of the Glacier Chorale and Chamber Singers. Because of overwhelming audience enthusiasm for their efforts at last November’s Chorale concerts, media specialists David Reese and Greg Naive will project photographs that complement the songs to a screen above the stage for a multi-sensory musical experience.
The selections in this concert are as diverse as the landscapes, people and values of our country. Come join the Glacier Chorale and Chamber Singers for The American Journey: Voices and Visions.
Masterworks III: Rhapsodic Light
November 20, 2010
November 21, 2010
Glacier Symphony with special guest Jonas VanDyke, John Zoltek conducting
Rhapsodic Light features works by Wagner, Sibelius, Richard Strauss and Brahms.
The concert begins with Wagner’s luminous Parsifal Prelude, a work of broad themes
and noble sentiments. Sibelius’ March from Karelia Suite will provide an up-tempo contrast and set the stage for our soloist Jonas VanDyke who travels from his orchestra position in Bejing,China to perform the alpine inspired masterpiece, Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major by German Late-Romantic Richard Strauss, a work that has long been a favorite performance vehicle for French Horn virtuosity. The concert concludes with Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in F Major possibly the most enigmatic and pastoral of his four symphonies, full of rich melodies, flowing polyphony, light orchestral timbres and engaging rhythms.
