European Treasures
Sunday, April 28th, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Holy Family Catholic
Church
24 Pope Avenue, Hilton Head Island
Two
masterful Lowcountry performance ensembles join together as The Mary
Green Chorale presents EUROPEAN
TREASURES on
Sunday, April 28, 7:30 PM. This
concert marks the first partnership of the 60-member Lowcountry Wind
Symphony and The Mary Green Chorale.
The program, which opens with a dazzling a cappella arrangement of the "Star-Spangled Banner", will then take concertgoers on a musical journey throughout Europe, featuring well-known music from Germany, France, England, the Czech Republic and Russia.
Maestro Don Jemella, Director of the LWS, based in Beaufort, SC, and our own Maestra Green will share conducting honors for this exciting collaboration of vocal and symphonic treasures. The LWS will perform Wagner’s Overture to “Rienzi”, Fucik’s “Florentiner March” and the ensembles will join forces for a special evening of uniquely arranged works.
The popular ‘Finlandia’ by Jean
Sibelius and Gustav Holst’s ‘2nd Suite in F for Military Band’
have been arranged for both band and chorus. The Holst features the
seldom heard choral sections written as part of a special project by
the U.S. Army Band.
J.S. Bach’s 'Jesu Joy of Man’s
Desiring', sung by the Chorale, will be accompanied by the LWS Brass
Choir, and Cesar Franck’s 'Psalm 150' will be accompanied by a small
instrumental ensemble. The ‘Tango from Espana’ by Albeniz will also be performed by a
Brass Quintet.
The program's finale will be Tchaikovsky’s popular - and timeless - ‘1812 Overture’, also written for full band and chorus. The Mary Green
Chorale will perform the choral sections of the Overture just as
Tchaikovsky composed them – in Russian!
Tickets for
this concert are $25 (open seating)
and may be purchased online at marygreenchorale.org by clicking below. Tickets are
also available in Hilton Head at The Oilerie in Wexford Village and
Burke’s Main Street Pharmacy; in Bluffton at
Markel’s Card & Gift Shop and Station 300; and at the door the night of the concert.
You won't want to miss this special joint performance, so buy your tickets early!
Click here to Buy Tickets.
The Chorale will be also traveling to Beaufort to perform this outreach program as part of the LWS concert series on Friday, April 26, 2019, at 7:00 P.M. at the Sea Island Presbyterian Church, 81 Lady’s Island Drive, Beaufort. SC. This Beaufort performance is free and open to the public. Donations to the LWS will be gratefully received.
The Lowcountry Wind Symphony began as an ‘idea’ in June 2014 with the formation of a Planning Committee and a belief that there is a wealth of talent in Beaufort and vicinity interested in performing in a traditional band setting. The call for musicians was answered – slowly at first, but quite enthusiastically. Musicians from throughout the area – Beaufort, Bluffton, Dataw Island, Hilton Head and Parris Island – came to an initial general meeting in September 2014. The first rehearsal was held on October 22, 2014. Now numbering more than 60 musicians, the growth has been steady and gratifying.
The band is open to wind and percussion musicians at all levels, and strives to promote continuous learning through performance.
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