<div dir="ltr">Dear Songsters all,<div><br></div><div>In response to Bronwyn's email below, here is information about the Burlington Choral Society's upcoming performances of the Brahms Requiem.</div><div><br></div><div>Dick</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">The Burlington Choral Society will cap its 40th season in April with performances of beloved music. Richard Riley, artistic director, will lead the chorus, soloists and two pianists in Johannes Brahms' <i>Requiem</i>. </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">A musical journey from sorrow to consolation, the piece will be sung in English, as it was in 1871, just three years after its German premiere. Also on the program is Brahms' passionate <i>Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny).</i></span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"><span class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463contextualExtensionHighlight gmail-m_1367661886329780463ms-font-color-themePrimary gmail-m_1367661886329780463ms-border-color-themePrimary gmail-m_1367661886329780463ident_1545_1703">Performances are scheduled for Saturday, April 22, 7:30 p.m., at Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester and <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Sunday, April 23, 4 p.m.</span></span>, at the Barre Opera House.</span> This will be the chorus's first performance in Central Vermont.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Pianists Claire Black and Diane Huling will be side by side at the keyboard playing Brahms' own four-hand piano arrangement<b>.</b> Sarah Cullins, soprano, and Geoffrey Penar, baritone, are the soloists.</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Riley says, "Performing the Brahms Requiem is one of the most profound experiences one can have in music. The music is gigantic, and yet intimate. Together, performers and audience create an environment where, through music, we share our most personal feelings about life and death."</span></p><p class="gmail-m_1367661886329780463x_MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:calibri,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:10pt;font-family:arial">Tickets for the Colchester performance are at the Flynn Box Office, <a href="http://www.flynntix.org/see-description/burlington-choral-society/Details?perfNo=13234&perfCodePrefix=OPC16H" target="_blank">flynntix.org</a> and (802) 86-FLYNN. Barre tickets are at the opera house box office,<a href="http://barreoperahouse.org/" target="_blank">barreoperahouse.org</a> and <a href="tel:(802)%20476-8188" value="+18024768188" target="_blank">(802) 476-8188</a>. Prices are $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors.</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial" size="2"><br></font><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Bronwyn Fryer</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bronwyn@bronwynfryer.com">bronwyn@bronwynfryer.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 8:30 PM<br>Subject: tix for Brahms<br>To: Richard Riley <<a href="mailto:rcrileymusic@gmail.com">rcrileymusic@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dear Dick,<div>please share with us re: the Requiem and how to buy tix on Thursday, ok?</div><div><br><div>
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