Friday, July 14, 7:30 p.m., Community Church, Stowe VT
Saturday, July 15, 7:30 p.m., TBA
Sunday, July 16, 4:00 p.m., Community Church on the Hill, Weston VT
Counterpoint, directed by Nathaniel G. Lew
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Singers
Miranda Bergmeier, Cameron Brownell, Colleen Campbell, Brian Clancy, Maria Lamson, Sudie Marcuse, Zebulun McLellan, Kevin Quigley, Linda Radtke, Allison Devery Steinmetz, Neil Wacek, Rebecca Wood, Aaron Young
Program
Two Seasons
- Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arr Nathaniel G. Lew – Spring is Here
- Joseph Kosma and Johnny Mercer, arr Andrew Carter – Autumn Leaves
Four American Folksongs
- Walking on the Green Grass, arr Michael Hennagin
- Black is the Color, arr Patricia Julien
- Man of Constant Sorrow, arr Kevin Quigley (Kevin Quigley, solo)
- Buffalo Gals, arr Libby Larsen (Cameron Brownell, solo)
Nathaniel G. Lew, arr – Dreams in the Dark, a Jerome Kern Medley (Brian Clancy, Linda Radtke, Rebecca Wood, and Zebulun McLellan, solos)
In the Heart of the Dark – I Dream Too Much – Why Was I Born? (verse) – The Song is You
Six Songs Arranged by Robert De Cormier
- Los Bilbilicos (Ladino folksong, “The Nightingales”) (Allison Devery Steinmetz & Cameron Brownell, solos)
- The Water is Wide (Scottish folksong) (Brian Clancy, solo)
- Frankie and Johnny (American folksong) (Colleen Flynn Campbell, Neil Wacek, and Cameron Brownell, solos)
- Un Canadien errant (Quebecois folksong, “A Wandering Canadian”) (Aaron Young, solo)
- James Stevens – The Frozen Logger
- Harry Belafonte & Robert Freedman – Turn the World Around
Three Vermont Songs
- Karl Suessdorf and John Blackburn, arr Michael Neaum – Moonlight in Vermont
- Perrin Batchelder Fisk, arr Nathaniel G. Lew – Maple Sweet
- Diane Martin, arr Nathaniel G. Lew – These Green Mountains
Bios
Founded by legendary choral director and arranger Robert De Cormier in 2000, and based in Montpelier, Vermont, Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble is dedicated to performing choral chamber music and engaging with student musicians in Vermont and beyond. Praised for their “clarity, skill” and “sophisticated musical expressiveness,” the ensemble presents concerts throughout Vermont and the surrounding region and has toured the Midwest. Counterpoint has recorded seven CDs with Albany Records and has released five further CDs independently. Their repertory ranges all over the map, including folksongs from around the world, African-American spirituals, sacred music of many traditions, and concert works by classical composers of the past and our own age. In addition to being Counterpoint’s Artistic Director, Nathaniel G. Lew is Professor of Fine Arts and Director of the Honors Program at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont, where he teaches music history, music theory and humanities, and a Board Member of Choral Arts New England.
Rehearsal space for Counterpoint is generously provided by the Monteverdi Music School, 46 Barre Street, Montpelier.
Translations
Los Bilbilicos: The nightingales sing in the flowering tree. Below, those who suffer from love hear them. The rose blossoms in the month of May. My soul hides, suffering from love. Come quickly, my dove, come quickly to me. Come quickly my beloved, come and save me.
Un Canadien errant: A wandering Canadian, banished from his homeland, travelled weeping through foreign lands. One day, sad and thoughtful, seated on the river’s bank, he spoke these words to the fleeing current: “If you should see my home, my sad unhappy land, tell my friends that I remember them.”