Crescendo Chorus
Vocal Ensemble
Period Instrument Orchestra
..A revelation! ...a great evening of music.
...Crescendo singers acquitted themselves with
appropriate gusto, for which an enthusiastic
audience rewarded them with thunderous applause...
~Simon Wainrib, Berkshire Record
Your experience with the piece ["To Hope" Jazz Mass] was exactly what I wanted to happen. Thank you so much for demonstrating how the composition realized those goals in your guiding hands!
~Dave Brubeck
Crescendo's Full Ensembles join forces to perform captivating antiphonal repertoire from the celebrated tradition of St. Marco in Venice: the spectacular Cori Spezzati. Rarely performed Flemish Renaissance composer Adrian Willært's vocal and instrumental works — the first known published examples — began the tradition. In the astonishing century that followed, as the Early Baroque flowered, antiphonal church music flourished. This culminated in the beloved Psalms of David of Dresden Hofkappellmeister Heinrich Schütz.
A historic sonic event & an unusual spatial experience!
Cornetto player Kiri Tollaksen from Indiana University's Early Music Institute joins our Period Instrument Orchestra, leading colleagues playing Early Baroque winds, with concertmaster Lisa Rautenberg and our Viola da Gamba Consort.
We always welcome engaged and experienced SINGERS to join!
AUDITIONS by appointment: contact by email
This page was last updated: July 15, 2010
Past Events:
17th AND 21st CENTURY REFLECTIONS ON ETERNITY
CRESCENDO CHORUS, VOCAL ENSEMBLE & PERIOD INSTRUMENT ORCHESTRA
Julianne Baird & Mary Gerbi Sopranos, Martin Near Counter Tenor
Philip Anderson Tenor, Jack Brown & Steven Dahlin Basses
East coast Premiere!
CRESCENDO’S professional and amateur Ensembles join forces with international soloists like Julianne Baird to perform the East Coast Premiere of a spectacular Early Baroque Requiem Mass written at the Salzburg Cathedral in 1687 by Mozart’s predecessor, H.I.F. Biber, for orchestra, soloists and Choir. The largest Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra ensemble to date will perform with full brass, reeds, strings, continuo and timpani. The Tenebrae of Carlo Gesualdo (1611) are motets with a harmonically daring language and of great expressivity. Crescendo Vocal Ensemble will be joined by Jazz-Fusion musician Rodrigo Tarraza in a unique and innovative exploration of superimposed improvisation, creating an original version of musical fusion.
Upcoming
Concerts & Events
Crescendo’s tribute to
Felix Mendelssohn
on his 200th birthday will take you on the journey of his extraordinary life —beginning with his revival of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at age 20, through his early choral works reminiscent of monastic singing and his grand poly-choral music inspired by his sojourn in Italy. It concludes with the most elaborate polyphony of his more mature years.
As his life was so close to his sister Fanny’s, a gifted composer in her own right, you will also hear her recently rediscovered Ode to St. Cecilia.
We welcome back Soprano Julianne Baird who returns to collaborate once more with Crescendo’s choral ensembles in our celebration of Mendelssohn’s life and music.
Baroque Ornamentation for Singers:
The "Da Capo Aria"
in Handel's music
Monday,
November 16, 2009, 10 AM - 1 PM
Trinity Church
Lime Rock, CT
Open to the public.
CONCERT - Latin American Choral Music
April 17 & 18, 2010
Crescendo
Chorus
Soloists
Alturas Duo
Period and
Folk Instruments
Sacred and
Secular
Baroque &
Contemporary
Compositions
from:
Chile
Mexico
Peru
Bolivia
Argentina
Brazil
Christine Gevert Artistic Director
Crescendo sings for
HAITI RELIEF!
Baroque Music G. Fernandes, J.G. de Padilla,
Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco (US PREMIERE!), Juan de Araujo.
Contemporary Music Juan Orrego-Salas, Ramon Farias,
Raimundo Penaforte, Domingo Santa Cruz and Ariel Ramirez.
More information HERE
Saturday APRIL 17, 2010, *6 PM NEW TIME!
Congregational Church Gt. Barrington, MA
Sunday APRIL 18, 2010, *4 PM
Trinity Church Lime Rock, Lakeville, CT
*Pre-Concert Talk with Juliet Mattila
30 minutes before concert time
Reception with the artists after both Concerts!
World Class Music here at Home! Choral and Orchestral Concerts in the "off season" in the Berkshires
Fall 2009 Concert: November 14 & 15
Georg Philipp Telemann
Crescendo Chorus & Period Instrument Orchestra
John-Arthur Miller-Baritone, Steven Fasano-Bass Baritone
Tricia van Oers-Recorder, Rodrigo Tarraza-Traverso
Directed by Christine Gevert
OCTOBER 23, 2010
HARPSICHORD
RECITAL
Polish
Harpsichordist
WLADYSLAW
KLOSIEWICZ
CONNECTICUT HELPS CHILE
Crescendo ~ Alturas Duo ~ Les Inegales
CONCERT FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
APRIL 11, 2010, 4PM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
11 WOODLAND ST., HARTFORD, CT
$30 SUGGESTED TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION
TO CHILEAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION (CAF)
ORGANIZED BY THE LATINO AND PUERTO RICAN
AFFAIRS COMMISSION OF CT (LPRAC)
This concert counts with the support of the Community Foundaton of Northwest Connecticut
FALL 2010 CONCERT November 13 & 14
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
~ Missa Votiva ZWV 18 (US PREMIERE!)
& Orchestral Works ~
With Crescendo Chorus
Soloists: Julianne Baird-Soprano, Martin Near-Counter Tenor,
Ron M'Sadoques-Tenor & Steven Fasano-Bass
Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra
Directed by Christine Gevert
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