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Mount Desert Summer Chorale
2008 concert program
The Mount Desert Summer Chorale
David Schildkret, Music Director
presents
Our Fortieth Anniversary Concert
The three B's for the MDSC's Birthday!
featuring
Ein deutsches Requiem ("A German Requiem")
by Johannes Brahms
With the return of
Carole FitzPatrick, soprano
and welcoming
Rob Barefield, baritone.
David Schildkret, conductor.
George Emlen, guest conductor.
Coming August 2 and 3, 2008 at St. Saviour's Episcopal Church, Bar Harbor.
Click here for ticket info
Program
| A Mighty Fortress, BWV 720 |
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685—1750)
Arr. Walter Damrosch (1862—1950)*
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"Chor der Engel" ("Hallelujah")
from Christus am Ölberge
(Christ on the Mount of Olives), op. 85
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770—1827)
George Emlen†, guest conductor
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Ein deutsches Requiem
(A German Requiem), op. 45 |
Johannes Brahms (1833—1897) |
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* Walter Damrosch was a longtime summer resident of Bar Harbor until he lost his
house in the great fire of 1947. Choir member and former MDSC President David Damrosch is among his descendants.
The piece is originally an organ chorale prelude that Damrosch arranged for symphony orchestra and chorus.
† George Emlen was MDSC Music Director from 1982 through 1999.
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