DaCapo Chamber Choir’s “Earthrise”
I attended the DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Earthrise.” Here’s the program:
- Henry Purcell – Hear My Prayer, O Lord
- Nicholas Ryan Kelly – Loam
- Jeff Enns – Moonset
- R. Murray Schafer – Epitaph for Moonlight
- Nicholas Ryan Kelly – Earthrise
- Leonard Enns – This Thirsty Land*
- Frank Ticheli – There Will Be Stars
Special guests included oboist Sarah Cardwell and a string quartet consisting of Adam Diderrich, Nora Pellerin, Rebecca Diderrich, and Miriam Stewart-Kroeker.*
“Earthrise” was a premiere. Kelly, its composer, was in the audience.
This is the last concert in a set with an environmental theme.
All of the pieces were beautiful. Of the pieces I knew, “Moonset” is one I could listen to every day. “This Thirsty Land” was was the biggest piece, in 5 parts with differing styles, with the instruments accompanying.
DaCapo is directed by Leonard Enns.
The previous DaCapo concert was “Dear Mother Earth.”