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RobinBT

A wonderful overview of choral music. I learned a lot and really enjoyed the concert.

Written on Nov 17 2010

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I loved the idea of choral 101. The music of Willim Byrd and of Tavener was lovely

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More Information About Choral Music 101: A Guided Tour through Norman's Choral Playlist

Website

http://www.choralarts.org/2010002D2011-Season/Choral-Music-101.aspx

Description

Program
Norman Scribner guides you through 400 years of choral music with words and music; perfect for the novice or aficionado.  Experience how choral music developed, transformed, and grew over the centuries.

Prologue – Plainsong
Plainsong Sequence:  Victimae Paschali  (ascribed to Wipo, c. 1030)

I – Renaissance
William Byrd:  I will not leave you comfortless (a cappella)

Transition – Renaissance to early Baroque
Claudio Monteverdi:  “Sancta Maria” from Vespers of 1610

II – Baroque
J. S. Bach:  “Gloria in excelsis Deo” from Mass in B Minor

III – Classical
F. J. Haydn:  “Agnus Dei” from Missa in tempore belli

Transition – Classical to Romantic
L. v. Beethoven:  “Agnus Dei” from Missa Solemnis

IV – Romantic
J. Brahms:  Liebeslieder Walzer (excerpts)
Richard Wagner:  “Pilgrim’s Chorus” from Tannhäuser

V – Contemporary
I. Stravinsky:  “Kyrie” and “Sanctus” from Mass
John Tavener: Little Lamb
Carl Orff:  “Dulcissime,” Ave Formossima” and “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana
Morten Lauridsen:  “Introitus” from Lux Aeterna 

Norman Scribner
Artistic Director & Founder
Considered an institution among his choral contemporaries, Norman Scribner is one of Washington's most versatile and respected musical figures.  In 1965, Mr. Scribner founded The Choral Arts Society of Washington, and over the last 46 years has led and prepared the Choral Arts Chorus for numerous performances with the world’s leading conductors and orchestras, television appearances, recordings and tours, performing the standard repertoire, world premieres, and new works commissioned by the Society.  Through his work with Choral Arts and beyond, Norman Scribner’s work has greatly influenced the quality of musical life in the nation’s capital for the last 46 years.

After graduating with honors from the Peabody Conservatory, Mr. Scribner taught at George Washington University, American University and the College of Church Musicians at Washington National Cathedral, and became organist/choirmaster of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, a position he held until May of 2007.  Among his many career highlights, Mr. Scribner served as staff keyboard artist for the National Symphony Orchestra (1963 to 1967), as Chorus Master for the Washington Opera and as a member of the Choral Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts (1974-76), as well as preparing the Handel Festival Chorus for 11 years and producing the annual Christmas and Spring Festivals at the Kennedy Center (1972-76).  Mr. Scribner is well known as a composer with his compositions including commissioned pieces for the United Methodist Church and The British Institute, as well as numerous shorter instrumental, solo vocal, and choral works.

Notable honors include Washingtonian magazine’s 1984 “Washingtonian of the Year,”  the Cultural Alliance Founder’s Award in 2001, an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the Virginia Theological Seminary in 2002, and the Peabody Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

Deb Lamberton A radio producer, announcer, musician, teacher and mother, Deb Lamberton began her career in public radio more than 35 years ago. Her work as a music and documentary producer at National Public Radio and Classical WETA 90.9 FM has garnered many national awards.

In addition to classical training, Lamberton has extensive experience in folk music. She has taught courses in both radio production and music appreciation, and spends many Sunday mornings as an organist in local churches.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Minnesota, she has degrees in Music (Organ) and Speech-Communications, summa cum laude, and in 2008, was named an Alumnus of Notable Achievement by the U of M's College of Liberal Arts. Since joining WETA radio in 1986, Lamberton has produced and directed both local and national live concert broadcasts from venues including the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, and the National Presbyterian Church. She also produced WETA's award-winning Music From Washington series and the Fortas Chamber Music series for distribution over NPR.
Currently, Lamberton produces the NSO Showcase series, as well as our web-based Classical Conversations, where you can find her interviews with musicians, composers, and conductors. Lamberton's husband of 25 years, Bruce, owns R&R Blinds, Windows and Doors, Inc. in Alexandria, a family-owned business started by his father in 1946. They have two children.

Lamberton is an avid bicycle commuter, riding year-round to WETA's Shirlington studios from her home near Mount Vernon. When not at work, she and her husband enjoy taking their custom Harley-Davidson motorcycles down the blue highways of West Virginia.

About the Ticket Supplier: Choral Arts Society of Washington

Founded in 1965, The Choral Arts Society of Washington is one of the leading choral organizations in the United States with a symphonic chorus of more than 180 professional-caliber volunteer singers. Under the leadership of its founder and artistic director Norman Scribner the chorus has performed with leading symphony orchestras, sung under the world's most distinguished conductors, produced acclaimed recordings and toured nationally and internationally.