DaCapo Choir’s “Winding Toward Peace”
I went to DaCapo Chamber Choir’s first concert of the season, “Winding Toward Peace.”
Guitarist Kevin Ramessar joined the choir — I think I’ve seen him before, a while ago. It’s a bit unusual for a guitar to be played with a choir but it worked well in this case.
The choir and guitarist were terrific. Len Enns conducts the choir.
Here are the pieces. I’ll put a * beside the ones the choir sang and a + beside the ones Ramessar played.
- Choral improvisation*+
- His Gift — Kevin Ramessar+
- Prelude from In Memorium Elmer Iseler — Ruth Watson Henderson*
- A Procession Winding Around Me — Jeffrey Van*+
- Come lovely and soothing death — James Rolfe*
- In Paradisum — Kathleen Allan*
- Elegy for a King — Frederic Hand+
- Evolution from Ten Thousand Rivers of Oil — Leonard Enns*
- Veni, Sancte spiritus — Mark Sirett*
- The Rune of Hospitality — Alf Houkom*+
“A Procession Winding Around Me” was a great piece in 4 parts. The ones that grabbed me the most were “In Paradisum” and “Elegy for a King.”
I previously reviewed DaCapo’s concert “Sun Light.”