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Pro Arte to Present “Celebration! Love is in The Air” Concert Friday March 13

Pro Arte Chorale in Concert

Pro Arte Chorale in Concert

Pro Arte to Present “Celebration! Love is in The Air” Concert Friday March 13

Pro Arte Chorale’s second concert of the 2014-2015 Season, Celebration! Love is in The Air will be presented on Friday, March 13, 2015 at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ beginning at 8pm. Join Pro Arte in celebrating the arrival of spring with music of renewal and romance. You’ll be charmed by Elgar’s musical scenes of the mountains of Bavaria, and share the joy of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ inspired setting of Epithalamion, a 16th century poem by Edmund Spenser, revealing the adventure of love and marriage.

Spring is upon us, and brings to mind songs filled with love,joy and dance! Elgar wrote The Bavarian Highlands, a cycle of six songs celebrating dance and love, as a remembrance of a holiday he had enjoyed in Upper Bavaria with his wife. Parry’s I Was Glad is an introit commonly used in the Anglican church, and was performed at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton as well as Prince William’s parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana. An epithalamium is a poem written specifically for the bride on the way to her marital chamber. Perhaps no poem of this class has been more universally admired than the pastoral Epithalamion of Edmund Spenser (1595). Vaughan Williams’ Epithalamion, consisting of 11 movements, is based on Spenser’s poem. As he often did, Vaughan Williams incorporated the flavor of English folk songs into these songs.

There will be an intermission lecture regarding Epithalamion. Come and explore the wonderful details of this fabulous piece. Musical ideas and development will be explained as well as detailed information regarding the text. Steven Fox, the Musical Director of The Pro Arte Chorale,is also the artistic director of Clarion Music Society in New York, and the music director for Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg in Russia. The Pro Arte Chorale, a 60- member volunteer chorus based in Ridgewood, is committed to enriching the lives of its members and its audience by exploring many musical traditions. For more information about Pro Arte Chorale or to join the mailing list, visit www.proartechorale.org or send an email to info@proartechorale.org. Phone: 201-497-8400 •

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Pro Arte to Present “Remembrance” Concert Sunday November 16

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Pro Arte to Present “Remembrance” Concert Sunday November 16

Spend a Sunday afternoon surrounded by glorious choral music, starting with the purity and simplicity of Renaissance motets, followed by the luxurious Romantic harmonies of Faure and Brahms as Pro Arte commemorates the start of the great war in 1914 and the bravery of our troops in Normandy in 1944.

Pro Arte Chorale’s first concert of the 2014-2015 season, Rememberance. will be presented on Sunday, November 16, 2014 at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ beginning at 3pm. November is a month of remembrance as we observe All Saints Day and Veteran’s Day, also known as Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom for those who served and gave their lives in two World Wars and other conflicts. In honor of these days of remembrance, this concert features works of great beauty and reflection. Cantique de Jean Racine, and Requiem by Gabriel Fauré; two works by Victoria,one of the best-regarded composers of sacred music in the late Renaissance, and I am the resurrection and the life by Morley, considered to be one of the most famous composers of secular music

Steven Fox, the Musical Director of The Pro Arte Chorale, is also the artistic director of Clarion Music Society in New York, and the music director for Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg in Russia. The Pro Arte Chorale, a 60-member volunteer chorus based in Ridgewood, is committed to enriching the lives of its members and its audience by exploring many musical traditions. For more

information about Pro Arte Chorale or to join the mailing list, visit www.proartechorale.org or send an email to info@proartechorale.org.

The Pro Arte Chorale is sponsored in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts. P.O. Box 662 • Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
Phone: 201-497-8400 • email: info@proartechorale.org • web: www.proartechorale.org

All performances are held in ADA compliant venues with handicapped accessible parking, ramps, elevators and restrooms. Large print programs are available.

To order tickets visit the Pro Arte Chorale website, www.proartechorale.org or call 201-497-8400. Adult tickets are $25, children’s tickets are $12 and tickets for seniors/disabled or students are $20.