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25th Anniversary Concert
The Glass Menagerie's spring concert, celebrating our 25th anniversary, will feature two short Masses of vastly different styles. Missa Brevis, by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, was written during the last desperate days of World War II and has been described as a “hymn to hope” conveying “powerfully emotional and intensely dramatic qualities.” Missa Luba, which will be performed with percussion, is a joyful and unique version of the Latin Mass based on traditional Congolese songs, originally improvised by a chorus of boys and teachers and arranged by Father Guido Haazen. Vernacular works from Eastern Europe and Africa, including Béla Bartók’s Four Slovak Songs, round out this very special concert. Join us at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, at St. Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue (54th Street). The suggested donation is $20; students/seniors $15. We are the Glass Menagerie, making music together for 25 years. Under the direction of noted music educator Susan Glass, our chorus has performed a wide repertory of music — from the sacred to the profane — including works by Bernstein, Britten, Fauré, Dvořák, Mozart, Brahms, and Schubert; plus a cappella works, folk music from around the world, opera highlights, and the occasional Broadway tune. Recent concerts have featured Vivaldi's Gloria and Magnificat, Buxtehude's Das Neugeborne Kindelein and Mozart's Missa Brevis in F major (all with chamber orchestra); Britten's Choral Dances from Gloriana; works of great poets set by great composers; music from the British Isles, from Byrd to Britten; Dello Joio's "A Jubilant Song"; and the exciting world premiere of Panim el Panim (Face to Face) by noted New York composer Elliot Z. Levine, commissioned by The Glass Menagerie — a setting of 8th-century medieval Hebrew poems on the death of Moses. Our Spring 2008 concert was a tribute to renowned composer, conductor, and arranger Robert De Cormier, featuring his cantata The Jolly Beggars; Winter 2008 featured Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata. Our 2005 Spring concert featured Madrigals and Canons — click on the following titles to hear our performances! We welcome qualified singers to audition. Check out the details here. Join Our Mailing ListJoin our mailing list and receive concert dates and other announcements from The Glass Menagerie. You may provide your email or postal address (or both). |
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The Glass Menagerie is a community chorus in Greenwich Village, New York City. We are a group of 50 singers, and we give two concerts a year, one in December and one in May. We rehearse during the school year on Thursday evenings.
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