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Symphony and Chorus
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Greenfield, MA 01301
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Saturday, September 20, 2008 - A Musical Homecoming
Saturday, October 25, 2008 - Mozart Requiem
Saturday, December 13, 2008 - Holiday Concert
Saturday, February 28, 2009 - This Land Is Your Land
Saturday, May 16, 2009 - Music of Love and War / featuring Carmina Burana


Erin Keefe - violinist
William Perry - guest composer


LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:  Leonore Overture No. 2, op. 72a
WILLIAM PERRY:  Six Title Themes in Search of a Movie (2008) world premiere
JOHANNES BRAHMS:  Violin Concerto

 

Program Notes
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Directions to Academy of Music, Northampton
october concert

Kathryne Jennings - soprano
Jane Hanson - alto
Bradford Logan - tenor
Thomas O’Toole - bass
with PVS Chorus

MORTEN LAURIDSEN:  ‘O Nata Lux’ & ‘Veni Sancte Spiritus’ from Lux Aeterna
SAMUEL BARBER:  Knoxville: Summer of 1915
                   Kathryne Jennings, soprano
W. A. MOZART:  Requiem


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Program Notes
Directions to Greenfield High School

October2008-sponsors

December concert
Maria Ferrante - soprano

KIRKE MECHEM:  Seven Joys of Christmas
arr. STROMMEN:  There’s Christmas in the Air
MAX REGER: Maria Wiegenlied (Maria's Cradle Song)
PATRIC STANDFORD:  A Christmas Carol Symphony
EMIL WALDTEUFEL:  Les Patineurs (The Skaters) Waltz
J. S. BACH:  Magnificat (selections)
P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY:  “Russian Dance” from Nutcracker
G. F. HANDEL:  Messiah (selections)
      For unto us a Child is born
      Rejoice greatly
      Hallelujah

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Program Notes
Directions to Greenfield High School, Greenfield

December 2008 sponsors

February concert

Tara Alterman - harp
David Amram - guest composer

CLAUDE DEBUSSY:  Danses Sacrée et Profane
DAVID AMRAM:  Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie (2007) east coast premiere
CÉSAR FRANCK:  Symphony in D minor

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Program Notes
Read Preview - February 19, 2009 from The Recorder, Greenfield, MA
Directions to Academy of Music, Northampton

February 2009-sponsors

May concert

Paul Phillips - conductor
Diana McVey - soprano
Rockland Osgood - tenor
Anton Belov - baritone
With PVS Chorus & Springfield Symphony Chorus and Nikki Stoia and Bennington Children's Chorus

HECTOR BERLIOZ: "Trojan March" and "Royal Hunt and Storm" from Les Troyens
PAUL PHILLIPS: War Music Suite (east coast premiere)
CARL ORFF:  Carmina Burana

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Program Notes
Download pdf of War Music texts
Download pdf of Carmina Burana text and translation
Directions to UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst

May 2009-sponsors