LENOX, MA. — On Saturday May14th at 7:30 the Cantilena Chamber Choir will present a performance of the choral music showcasing compositions by former Tanglewood Composition fellows in honor of the Tanglewood Music Center’s 75th Anniversary. Included on the program will be works for chorus and orchestra by Lukas Foss, Ned Rorem, Elliot Carter, David del Tredici and Michael Gandolfi. The Choir will present a new work by a younger graduate, 29 year-old Stephen Feigenbaum called Home.
Our featured composer is Ken Lampl, a new discovery of ours who writes stunningly beautiful Jewish choral music. On the program will be his Adon Olam and Jerusalem for a cappella choir. This concert features a world premiere In the Most Silent Hour for choir, strings and harp written especially for Cantilena. For a preview of Ken’s remarkable music, go to kenlampl.com. This performance of Lampl’s work has been funded in part with special grants from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Y’diyah Fund.
All tickets are $30; seniors $20 and children are admitted free. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance through the Choir’s website www.cantilenachoir.org. Reservations: 518-791-0185 or . Trinity Church is located at 88 Walker Street in Lenox.
The Cantilena Choir, now in its twelfth season, is the recipient of a Peers grant award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for this concert, the only Berkshire choir so honored. It is also a two-time winner of the prestigious Choral Arts New England’s Alfred Nash Patterson Award for unique programming. The second award will help to fund this concert. Andrea Goodman, the founder and director of the choir, also serves as the Music Director for the annual summer Saratoga Choral Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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