A Thanksgiving Holiday Special Concert
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San Jose Symphonic Choir and Nova Vista Symphony join forces Thanksgiving weekend to present a special concert to the Santa Clara Valley community in celebration of British and American influences in music. The magnificent "Sea Symphony," composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, will be led by Music Director Leroy Kromm, with featured soloists Aimee Puentes, soprano, and Peter Tuff, baritone.
"...the most beautiful piece of choral music written in the 20th century!" Robert Shaw
This performance of A Sea Symphony on November 28, 2009 at the beautiful St. Joseph's Cathedral in downtown San Jose comes 100 years after its premiere. The composer brings the sea to life in the instruments of the orchestra and the voices of the chorus and soloists, giving us the majesty and grandeur, the mystery and the rhythms of the sea. Vaughan Williams, a British composer, turned to an American poet, Walt Whitman, and Leaves of Grass, for his inspiration.
San Jose Symphonic Choir and Nova Vista Symphony are proud to collaborate for this concert, presented in the heart of San Jose, honoring the memory of all who braved the oceans to begin a new life in America.
Saturday, November 28, 2009, 8 PM Saint Joseph's Cathedral Basilica 80 S. Market St., San Jose 95113 (garage parking on San Fernando St.)
Tickets (at the door):,
General $25, Senior $23, Student $12 Advanced Purchase: General $22, Senior $18, Student, $10 Group discounts available Order your tickets: sjsctickets@sbcglobal.net
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A Ralph Vaughan Williams Trivia Quiz
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Take our quiz and learn a little something about our composer and this powerful composition. Answers, if you need them, will be found at the end of this newsletter, with thanks to Don D'Angelo and Sonja Cook.
1. What was Ralph Vaughan Williams' orchestral instrument?
2. How many folk songs did he collect?
3. Who was his college roommate?
4. With whom did RVW study after graduating from the Royal Academy?
5. How long did it take Vaughan Williams to write A Sea Symphony?
6. How old was he when he wrote it?
7. This is one of the first symphonies in which the choir is used as an instrument throughout the composition. True or False?
8. Whose poetry inspired the text of A Sea Symphony?
9. How did the composer and the poet meet?
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It's our 30th You-Sing-It Messiah! |
The perfect music in the perfect locale to begin your Christmas season ...
Handel's beloved Messiah,
sung in the festive California Theater.
Bring your score or buy one at the theater. Sing the choruses AND the solos. Come with your friends - group discounts are available - and leave with a full heart.
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ANSWERS TO THE TRIVIA QUIZ 1. Viola 2. 800 3. Gustav Holst 4. Max Bruch and Maurice Ravel 5. Six years 6. Early 30s 7. True 8. Walt Whitman
9. As undergrads at Cambridge - they were introduced by Bertram Russell
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Janice Goertz, Newsletter Editor
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OUR 85TH SEASON
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| November 28, 2009
Ralph Vaughan Williams'
Sea Symphony
with Nova Vista Symphony
Saint Joseph Cathedral Basilica
December 7, 2009
30th annual You-Sing-It Messiah
7:30 PM
California Theatre,
San Jose
March 5, 2010
World premiere
Henry Mollicone's
Misa de los Inmigrantes,
Mission Santa Clara on the campus of Santa Clara University
April 24-26, 2010
Gabriel Faure
Requiem
with Monterey Symphony Orchestra & Chorus,
Salinas and Carmel
May 2, 2010
Gabriel Faure
Requiem
with Saratoga Symphony
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church, Saratoga
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San Jose Symphonic Choir is funded in part by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose.
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The Choir is a member of Arts Council Silicon Valley's Music & Arts Program
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