May 3 - May 4, 2025
Presented By: North Country Chorus
North Country Chorus Sing Gloria! in Spring Concerts
Saturday, May 3, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 4, 3:00 pm
Presented by:
North Country Chorus
Location:
United Community Church
1325 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Admission: By donation
The North Country Chorus will sing two classical works, both titled Gloria, one by Francis Poulenc, the other by John Rutter. This program for the Chorus’s 76th spring concert will feature the Royal Towne Brass Quintet who, along with organ and percussion, will accompany the Rutter Gloria. Director Alan Rowe will also lead several songs by the St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltones.
The liturgical text of both settings of Gloria is taken from the Latin Mass. Poulenc’s work, composed in 1960, is set in a joyful yet sincere, and in places, humble manner. Some critics labelled the work as sacrilegious, but Poulenc answered that he had in mind frescoes with angels sticking out their tongues, and also some solemn-looking Benedictine monks that he saw playing soccer one day!
Rutter’s Gloria, which premiered in 1974, is one of his most ambitious concert works. Rutter saw this work as analogous to a symphony, with three movements that are “exalted, devotional, and jubilant by turns.”
The North Country Chorus has been presenting annual winter and spring concerts since 1947. Currently about 50 members, this community chorus is a mix of trained and amateur musicians. Auditions are not required.
Saturday, May 3, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 4, 3:00 pm
Presented by:
North Country Chorus
Location:
United Community Church
1325 Main St.
St. Johnsbury, VT
Admission: By donation
The North Country Chorus will sing two classical works, both titled Gloria, one by Francis Poulenc, the other by John Rutter. This program for the Chorus’s 76th spring concert will feature the Royal Towne Brass Quintet who, along with organ and percussion, will accompany the Rutter Gloria. Director Alan Rowe will also lead several songs by the St. Johnsbury Academy Hilltones.
The liturgical text of both settings of Gloria is taken from the Latin Mass. Poulenc’s work, composed in 1960, is set in a joyful yet sincere, and in places, humble manner. Some critics labelled the work as sacrilegious, but Poulenc answered that he had in mind frescoes with angels sticking out their tongues, and also some solemn-looking Benedictine monks that he saw playing soccer one day!
Rutter’s Gloria, which premiered in 1974, is one of his most ambitious concert works. Rutter saw this work as analogous to a symphony, with three movements that are “exalted, devotional, and jubilant by turns.”
The North Country Chorus has been presenting annual winter and spring concerts since 1947. Currently about 50 members, this community chorus is a mix of trained and amateur musicians. Auditions are not required.