Our
2008-09 Season
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Master Chorale Goes to the Ballet
Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 8 PM
Fletcher Opera Theater, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Music written by two 20th-century masters opens the Master Chorale season. The 22-voice NCMC Chamber Choir performs Gian Carlo Menotti's dance fable The Unicorn, the Gorgorn and the Manticore, with nine-piece instrumental ensemble, and dancers from Raleigh Dance Theatre. Our 170-voice Chorale explores the ‘extraordinary sound world' created by Igor Stravinsky in Les Noces (The Wedding), accompanied by four pianists and percussion ensemble.
Joy of the Season
Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 8 PM
Meymandi Concert Hall,
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Celebrate the season as our choruses again join forces for this delightful holiday program. Carols, familiar and new are featured along with John Rutter's popular Gloria. Brass choir, percussion, piano and organ accompany the choirs.
Romance
in the Air:
From Limerick to Liverpool
Saturday, February 14, 2009
at 4 PM and 7:30 PM
Kenan Recital Hall, Peace College, Raleigh
All you need is love. This year, the NCMC Chamber Choir travels from Ireland to England as they sing Irish love songs and arrangements of music by The Beatles.
Berlioz and Mahler
Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 3 PM
Meymandi Concert Hall,
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Two large-scale works by 19th century masters are featured as the 170-voice Chorale performs Hector Berlioz' Te deum and Das klagende Lied by Gustav Mahler, with soloists and symphony orchestra.
Soul of the World
Saturday, April 11, 2009 at 8 PM
Venue TBA , Raleigh
The NCMC Chamber Choir, joined by instrumental chamber ensemble, presents works by living composers, including locally-based composer J. Mark Scearce (Anima Mundi) and Scottish composer James MacMillan's Passion cantata Seven Last Words from the Cross.
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 3 PM
Meymandi Concert Hall,
Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
An all-Gershwin program featuring Porgy and Bess, Rhapsody in Blue and a suite of familiar George and Ira Gershwin songs concludes the Master Chorale's season. The chorus is joined by featured vocal soloists, the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra, and pianist Susan McClaskey Lohr.
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