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The season comes to a close with Latin American Spring
on May 3, 2008, at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia, MD.
The CPC will be joined by several of its favorite soloists:
Soprano April Joy Gutierrez, Mezzo Soprano Cyndie Eberhardt, the CPC Chamber Singers,
clarinetist Marc Dubac, and pianist Allison Matuskey; and by Latin-American and traditional instrumentalists.
Ariel Ramierez' Misa Criolla will be the program
centerpiece, while Heitor Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras
No. 5, Ave Maria, Ave Verum, Panis Angelicus
and Pater Noster will also be heard. Other Latin
American music presented will include works by Cuban
composers Ernesto Lecuona and Paquito D'Rivera, Argentine
tango music by Astor Piazzola and a work by Felipe Coronel Ruida,
and Brazilian pieces by Dorival Caymmi as well as folk sources.
A medley of songs that have become a part of American popular
culture, including Cielito Lindo, Guantanamera, Sin Ti,
and La Bamba; will conclude the concert. A
festive bazaar featuring Latin American foods and a sale of gift
items, with FIRN, Inc. benefiting from the sales, will follow the
concert.
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Spring
Concert and Bazaar,
May 3, 2008
Buy this
dramatic Mexican tray or other gifts from all over the world
at the Latin America concert and help support FIRN Inc.!
We will be selling a number of exclusive objects
suitable for gift giving or keeping for your own home or
personal use. Income from the sales will be shared
with FIRN, the home-grown
organization that provides a wide range of services to
newcomers to our country. You can read about FIRN's
services at their website:
http://www.firnonline.org
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IN THE
PRESS
10/25/07
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Pro Cantare
Brandishes a Link to 'Elijah'
By Mike Giuliano |
| Classical music speaks to us across the ages, but some
people even today have unexpectedly close personal
connections to music composed long ago. When the Columbia
Pro Cantare perform Felix Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Saturday,
October 27, 2007 in the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake, one
Columbia resident in the audience will feel like it's a
family affair. Gudrun Huden is directly descended from
Carl Friedrich Zelter, the early 19th century composer who
was a mentor to Felix Mendelssohn.
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