Chamber Music @ Beall: Chanticleer – Music of a silent world
$20-$40 ($5 student with ID/ages 17 & under with adult)
William Byrd — Selected works
Heinrich Isaac — Selected works
Robert Schumann — Selected works
Tom Petty — Wildflowers
Pete Seeger — Garden Song
Ayanna Woods — Selected works (new commission TBA)
A river gurgles. Wind rushes. Branches creak. Snowflakes faintly fall. Every piece of the world has a sound. But if you listen really closely, you might also find that each of these pieces has a song. In "Music of a silent world," Chanticleer sings the songs of the natural world and gives a voice to the otherwise voiceless rocks and stones and trees and rivers that share our planet with us. The program centers around a new arrangement of Majel Connery's The Rivers are our Brothers. "The goal," she says, "is to give nature a voice. I wanted to allow these vibrant things to speak on their own behalf." While inhabiting those voices, the program also explores what the world might be like without them. Repertoire includes music by William Byrd, Heinrich Isaac, and Robert Schumann, new arrangements of Wildflowers by Tom Petty and Garden Song by Pete Seeger, and a new commission from Chanticleer's composer in residence, Ayanna Woods.
Join us for a pre-concert presentation with tidbits and insights on the concert from Dr. Holly Roberts. 2pm in Frohnmayer Music Building Room 163; more information: https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/cmb_pre-concert_lectures_chanticleer
About Chanticleer
The Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has been hailed as "the world's reigning male chorus" by The New Yorker. One of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, Chanticleer has sold over one million recordings and performed thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.
http://www.chanticleer.org/Beall Concert Hall, University of Oregon School of Music
961 E 18th AveEugene, OR 97403
United States