Choral Society joins forces with the Boston Camerata for ‘Two Carmina Buranas’ concert
NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — The Newburyport Choral Society will partner with The Boston Camerata for its annual Spring Concert on Saturday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 7, at 4 p.m. at the Belleville Congregational Church in Newburyport.
Music Director Ryan Turner will conduct the 90-member Newburyport Choral Society, vocal soloists, two pianists and five percussionists in a performance of Carl Orff’s renowned 20th Century masterpiece Carmina Burana.
And in a unique side-by-side musical dialogue, Artistic Director Anné Azema will lead a small consort of voices from The Boston Camerata as they perform some of the same texts of the Carmina Burana as reconstructed medieval tunes accompanied by medieval instruments.
“It’s really a tale of two very different Carmina Buranas,” says Turner. “We have two very different approaches to the same text: One a modern, structurally complex and percussive piece, and the other a simpler, more serene composition, performed with simple medieval-period instruments like the vielle and the hurdy gurdy,” according to Turner.
Vocal soloists for the concert will be Camila Parias, soprano, and David Thomas Mather, baritone. Both soloists are renowned in the Boston area and beyond. The performance will also feature two pianists: Dr. Kirsten Helgeland and Dr. Dan Perkins.
For more information and tickets, visit www.newburyportchoralsociety.org.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Choral Society joins forces with the Boston Camerata for concert
