Singing Together Again!
Season 2021-2022
our transcendental passion
World Premiere
Our Transcendental Passion —
Saturday, April 2, 8:00PM - All Saints Parish, Brookline
Sunday, April 3, 7:00PM - Umbrella Arts Center, Concord MA
Cecilia performs the world premiere of Paul John Rudoi's Our Transcendental Passion, a poetic and musical meditation on the Transcendentalist movement. Cecilia is joined by a quartet of professional soloists and instrumental chamber ensemble.
Pre-concert talk:
Saturday, 7:15PM, by Paul John Rudoi
Sunday, 6:00PM, by Megan Marshall (at Concord Public Library, across from the Umbrella Arts Center)
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Our performance on Saturday, April 2nd, will be live-streamed starting at 8:00PM EDT.
The LIVE-STREAM LINK is free and open to the public; however, we would be very grateful if you would consider making a contribution to Cecilia by clicking on the Donate button.
Our Transcendental Passion — Conversations
A collection of brief conversations and interviews around Our Transcendental Passion, which explores Transcendentalism's awakening, splintering, fall, and legacy.
These conversations were recorded in 2020. They include award-winning biographer Megan Marshall, conductor and vocalist George Case (Music Director of The Boston Cecilia from 2017-2020), and Paul John Rudoi, the composer of Our Transcendental Passion.
An overview of the Transcendentalism
On the relevance of Transcendentalism
On Transcendentalist passions and music
On the Passion form and the subject
On the relevance today and in the future
On the music and performers
On Boston Cecilia and new work
On the Passion form
On music and its evolving impact
A Musical Banquet — June 4 - First Church in Cambridge Congregational
The Boston Cecilia joins forces with Convivium Musicum (Latin for "musical banquet") in a wide-ranging program of ancient and modern a cappella music for forces large and small. Our concert will feature a world-premiere piece for double chorus, composed especially for Cecilia and Convivium, by Gregory W. Brown, alongside polychoral works by Joby Talbot and Mikołaj Zieleński. In addition, each ensemble will perform its own set of musical selections.
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Please note that we are carefully observing COVID precautions for the safety of our in-person audience. Please refer to our COVID protocols page for details.
Although we were only able to rehearse on Zoom during all of last season (we are back to rehearsing in person as of July of this year), we have been working with Michael Barrett, our new Music Director—studying vocal technique, putting together virtual choir performances and our 2021-2022 season.
In this brief video, soprano Madeline Yankell interviews Michael — watch and get to know him!
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