Spring 2024 – The Peace of Wild Things

March 10, 2024
St. Andrew’s Church, Kent CT
James Knox Sutterfield, cond.

Our Spring 2024 concert presents Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Randall Thompson’s Frostiana, and two pieces by the young American composer, Jake Runestad: The Hope of Loving and The Peace of Wild Things. The performance features four soloists and a string quartet. Organ and piano are played brilliantly by our accompanist, Sandra Kleisner.

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Publications

• The Peace of Wild Things Concert Program
• The Peace of Wild Things Poster

Painting, Rousseau, Theodore. Forest landscape Sun. 1850.

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Rehearsals

Preconcert warmup, Sunday, March 10, 2024

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Concert Recording – Sunday, March 10, 2024

• Runestad: The Peace of Wild Things
• Thompson: Frostiana - 1. The Road Not Taken
• Thompson: Frostiana - 2. The Pasture
• Thompson: Frostiana - 3. Come In
• Thompson: Frostiana - 4. The Telephone
• Thompson: Frostiana - 5. A Girl's Garden
• Thompson: Frostiana - 6. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
• Thompson: Frostiana - 7. Choose Something Like a Star
• Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb - 1. Chorus, Rejoice in God; Let Nimrod the mighty hunter; Hallelujah
• Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb - 2. Treble solo, For I will consider my cat Jeoffry
• Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb - 3. Alto solo, For the Mouse is a creature of great personal valour
• Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb - 4. Tenor solo, For the flowers are great blessings
• Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb - 5. Chorus, For I am under the same accusation with my Saviour
• Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb - 6. Bass recitative and Chorus, For H is a spirit; For the instruments; Hallelujah
• Runestad: The Hope of Loving - 1. Yield to Love, 2. Wild Forces
• Runestad: The Hope of Loving - 3. Wondrous Creatures
• Runestad: The Hope of Loving - 4. The Heart's Veil
• Runestad: The Hope of Loving - 5. My Soul is a Candle
• Runestad: The Hope of Loving - 6. The Hope of Loving
• Applause

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