1997-98 Program
All concerts take place at First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Harvard Square. For information, contact The Spectrum Singers, P.O. Box 382325, Cambridge, MA 02238. Telephone (617) 492-8902.
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Fall 1997 Newsletter
A Spanish Renaissance Christmas Celebration
with special guest ensemble Renaissonics
Saturday, December 13, 1997 at 8:00 pm.
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa "O Magnum Mysterium," Motet O Magnum Mysterium, Ave Maria,
Ne Timeas Maria, Quam Pulchri Sunt, Quem Vidistis, Pastores?
Christóbal de Morales
Pastores, Dicite, Quidnam Vidistis?
Plus a selection of anonymous Spanish carols and anthems from the 16th century
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On Matters of Faith and Belief
Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 8:00 pm.
Anton Bruckner
Locus Iste, Os Justi, Ave Maria, Virga Jesse
Guiseppe Verdi
Ave Maria, Laudi alla Vergine Maria, Pater Noster
Edward Elgar
Great is the Lord, Op. 67
Heinrich Schütz
Musikalische Exiquien
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The Breath of Life - Music for Voices and Winds
The Fifth Annual Benefit for The Hospice of Cambridge
with Luellen Best, soprano; Gloria Raymond, mezzo-soprano;
William Hite, tenor; Mark Risinger, bass-baritone; Paul Perfetti, trumpet; with orchestra
Saturday, May 30, 1998 at 8:00 pm.
Igor Stravinsky
Octet, Mass
Franz Joseph Haydn
Concerto in E-flat for Trumpet and Orchestra, Mass #12 in B-flat, "Harmoniemesse"
Dedication
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Review from The Boston Globe