Music Should Be So Beautiful - Bel Canto Company - May 4 and 6, 2024 - Greensboro

Beauty is in the eye or ear of the beholder or so philosophers would have you believe! Truly though, the heart discerns beauty. Those moments in music, regardless of style, when hearts are moved, so then are minds also moved. The vibrant words of poets such as Carl Sandburg, William Shakespeare, Charles Anthony Sylvestri, Thomas Hood, and Charles Bennet inspired some composers on this evening's program to new heights of musical expression. Others achieved these musical peaks by exploring popular, jazz, blues, and folk idioms. All will move your heart.

Ralph Vaughan Williams honors British conductor Sir Henry Woods with "Serenade To Music" with text taken from Act V of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. The lighthearted madrigal, "Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints Abound" by Thomas Weelkes with its familiar "fa, la, la, la..." verse endings will make you smile. Eric Whitacre's "Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine" employs madrigal techniques such as text painting, multi-part form, text driven imitation, and more, allowing the audience to feel da Vinci's first imagined flight.

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Category: Live Music | Choral

Prices:
General Admission: USD 30.00,
Senior (65+): USD 25.00,
College Student: USD 10.00,
H.S. Student and Younger: USD 5.00

Artist: Bel Canto Company