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St. Paul's
Music Festival 2007
Join us the week of June 3rd through
June 10th for an exciting concert series
at the beautiful
Cathedral of St. Paul in "The Heart of the Commonwealth", Worcester,
Massachusetts. 2007 is a special year. The program includes 13
concerts in 8 days, featuring internationally acclaimed artists, as well
as many talented local musicians.
The audience is invited
to a reception after each performance for social gathering and
refreshments.
Large
discounts
are
available by purchasing a Festival Season Ticket. Six of
the thirteen
concerts this year are free events. By purchasing a Festival season ticket
you can attend the other seven concerts for:
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$55 adults (save $45)
$45 seniors (save
$45)
$30 students and children (save $38)
Tickets available by
Email:
stpaulsmusicfestival@hotmail.com
Phone: 508-754-9822
or at the door
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Festival Schedule
Free organ
concerts at 1pm Monday – Friday June 4-8 featuring Joseph Policelli, Sean Redrow, Jeffrey
Wood, Donald Meineke and Ian Watson
| Sunday June 3
- Opening Concert |
| 7:00 pm |
The New England Ringers
New
England’s premier handbell virtuosi ring in the 2007 Festival. The
uplifting and joyful sound of bells will make you smile from the first
note to the last!
$10 Adults $5 students and children
www.newenglandringers.org |
| Monday June 4 |
| 1:00 pm |
Organ
Concert
Admission free |
| 7:00 pm |
Worcester Chamber Music Society
Tracy
Kraus, Peter Sulski, Mark Berger, Maria Ferrante, Ian Watson and
Jonathan Yasuda perform a lively program featuring the C minor Piano
Quartet, Op 60 of Johannes Brahms. Also on the program are piano music
for 4 hands by Mozart, Rossini songs, and a little known gem by
Friedrich Kuhlau, the Flute Quintet, Op. 51 for flute and string
quartet.
$20
adults $15 seniors $10 students and children
www.worcesterchambermusic.org |
| Tuesday June 5 |
| 1:00 pm |
Organ
Concert
Admission free |
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7:00 pm |
Worcester
Collegium Strings
Serenade in E minor -
Edward Elgar
Chamber Symphony - D.
Shostakovich
Serenade -
A. Dvorak
This
concert is preceded at 6.15 by a 20 minute concert by Worcester
Collegium Youth strings
$10 adults $5 children |
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Wednesday June
6 |
| 1:00 pm |
Organ
Concert
Admission free |
| 7:00 pm |
Harpsichord Fest! - Arcadia Players play Vivaldi and Bach
One of New England’s
finest period-instrument ensembles, Arcadia Players present not only a
harpsichord extravaganza, but Vivaldi, Bach and Vivaldi arranged by
Bach. Not to be missed!
Harpsichordists:
Gregory Hayes, Donald Meineke, Allan Taylor
Arcadia Players
Baroque Ensemble, Ian Watson harpsichord/director
$10
adults $5 students and children
www.arcadiaplayers.org |
| Thursday June
7 |
| 1:00 pm |
Organ
Concert
Admission free |
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7:00 pm |
The Dynamics –
Umass Amherst’s hottest A Capella group!
$10 adults $5 students
and children
www.dynamicsacappella.com
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Friday June 8 |
| 1:00 pm |
Organ
Concert
Admission free |
| 7:00 pm |
Worcester Collegium World Premiere performance
Simple Symphony -
Benjamin Britten
Fantasia on
Greensleeves - R. Vaughan Williams
Divertimento in F - W.A. Mozart
Sonata for Viola and
Orchestra - Rebecca Clarke (World Premiere)
Peter Sulski solo
viola; Ian Watson, conductor
Adults $20 Seniors $15
Children $10
www.rebeccaclarke.org |
| Saturday June
9 |
| 7:00 pm |
American Traditions
– New and Old
Jointly sponsored by
Salisbury Singers and Mastersingers of Worcester
In preparation for our
joint concert tour to Europe, the Salisbury Singers and the
Mastersingers of Worcester will once again collaborate in presenting
the best in American musical traditions. Spirituals, folk songs, and
new arrangements of traditional songs will fill the magnificent space
of the Cathedral of St. Paul and the choruses will premiere a new work
by Gwyneth Walker, New England Journey. The concert will also feature
a performance of the popular Missa Kenya by Paul Basler.
$20 adults $18 seniors, students and children
www.salisburysingers.org
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| Sunday June 10 |
| 4:00 pm |
Festival Finale
Concerto
for Organ & Orchestra in G minor - Francis Poulenc
"Nelson" Mass in D minor
- Franz Joseph Haydn
St. Paul's Cathedral Choir,
St. Paul's Festival Orchestra
Monica Hatch, soprano;
Paulette Labarre, alto;
Raymond
Delisle, tenor; Jonathan Labarre bass
Jeffrey
Wood, organ; Ian Watson, conductor
Admission Free
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Worcester
Cultural Commission, a local agency which is supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
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