Music from Salem events, classes and rehearsals

Lila Brownlistening club 2012

Sunday January 29, 4-5:30pm
Musical Miniatures and Bagatelles

Expand your listening pleasure, knowledge and confidence. Music from Salem artistic director Lila Brown takes you on a journey through a world of bagatelles and miniatures by Beethoven, Dvorak, Webern, Kurtag and Schumann. With live and recorded examples, learn to hear how less is more... like listening through a microscope. Or how less can also be a whimsical gesture of lightness... No musical background necessary!

Cost: $10.
Location: Beacon Feed Building, Hubbard Hall.
Please pre-register by Friday, January 27: www.hubbardhall.org or 518.677.2495. Walk-ins welcome.

Sunday, February 26, 2-4pm **NOTE NEW TIME**
 Sleepers, wake!
with Peter Subers

Peter SubersCantata simply means “sung piece.” Starting with a hundred-year-old hymn tune and a two-thousand-year-old story, J.S. Bach spun his Cantata 140 into pure gold. One of his best known and loved, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (in English: “Sleepers, wake!”), is well worth looking at on its own. The longest of its movements lasts barely 10 minutes, yet into seven movements Bach packs the height and depth of his technical skill, his joy, passion and spirituality. From the rich tapestry of the initial chorus, through two dramatic duets and the sweeping serenity of its middle movement (one of Bach’s “Greatest Hits”), to the majesty of its final chorale, this piece is a treasure indeed. (We’ll not leave out the two fascinating recitatives either!) No musical background necessary, just come and enjoy.

Instructor Peter Subers has loved singing since his mother taught him to sing hymns in two-part harmony over the dinner dishes.  He is regular baritone soloist for First Church (Reformed) in Albany and recently sang as soloist with the choir of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Albany, in performances of Handel’s “Messiah” and Bach’s “St. John Passion".

Cost: $10.
Location: Beacon Feed Building, Hubbard Hall.
Please pre-register by Friday, February 24: www.hubbardhall.org or 518.677.2495. Walk-ins welcome.

 

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