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The Riverdale String Ensemble, in Concert
CHORUS NOVUS pairs up with the Riverdale String Ensemble for a sublime afternoon of music and song.
CHORUS NOVUS’s upcoming spring concert, Come, Gentle Spring, will feature guest orchestra The Riverdale String Ensemble. The Ensemble will accompany the choir in several well-known choruses and perform a variety of instrumental string classics. The concert will be held at 2:00pm on Sunday, April 28th at Trinity Anglican Church, Cornwall.
The Riverdale String Ensemble was founded in the early 1960s by the late Rosemonde Laberge. The tradition continues to this day under the direction of wellknown cellist and teacher Thérèse Motard. Currently, the Ensemble includes 18 musicians from age seven to seventy. Most of the members are students of Motard’s Riverdale School of Music and several have received bursaries from the Rosemonde Laberge Foundation. CHORUS NOVUS director Brian Hubelit, who will conduct the performance, notes that providing opportunities for young, local musicians to perform great works of music has always been part of the CHORUS NOVUS mandate. Hubelit worked with Motard to create a program that will both please local audiences and challenge the young musicians. According to Motard, this is a priceless opportunity for her students to perform real music — formative music that is a foundation for string players.
Choruses from Mendelsohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Judas Maccabeus and Haydn’s two great oratorios, The Creation and The Seasons will be familiar to many in the audience. More contemporary selections include Sermon on the Mount, from Dave Brubeck’s Light in the Wilderness oratorio and an Easter rendition of Leonard Cohen’s beloved Halelujah. The concert will also include great compositions for stringed instruments, such as Pachelbel’s Canon, Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor and Bach’s Double Violin Concerto. The choir and String Ensemble will be joined by Rosemary Brown (keyboard), Veronika Cherniak (violin), Peter Kilpatrick (bass), Pamela Maloney (violin), Judy Pentinga (recorder), Francis Seale (violin) and John Worrall (recorder).
Tickets, $15, are available at the door and from members of both CHORUS NOVUS and the Riverdale String Ensemble. The concert is free for those 16 years and under. CHORUS NOVUS is a Cornwall-based ecumenical choir that performs traditional and modern sacred music, under the direction of Brian Hubelit.
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