Gilbert & Sullivan: Trial By Jury and more…

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Recorded
May 5, 2024 - 4:00 PM
Saint James Place,
Great Barrington, MA
Performers:
Sopranos: Rebecca Palmer, Christiane Olson, Margie O’Brien
Mezzo Soprano: Sarah Bleasdale
Alto: Max Rook
Tenors: Igor Ferreira, Kevin Ray, Douglas Schmolze
Baritones: Stephen Quint, John-Arthur Miller, Joseph Klebanoff
Bass-Baritone: Gabriel Garcia
Crescendo Chorus
Trudy Weaver -Miller
David Baranowski, piano
John-Arthur Miller, narrator
Christine Gevert and John-Arthur Miller, co-directors
Program
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900), composer & Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911), dramatist
Trial by Jury
- Hark, the hour of ten is sounding
- Is this the Court of the Exchequer? When first my old, old love I knew All hail, great Judge!
- When I, good friends, was call’d to the Bar Swear thou the Jury
- Where is the Plaintiff?
- Oh, never, never, never, since I joined the human race May it please you, my lud!
- That she is reeling is plain to see! Oh, gentlemen, listen, I pray
- That seems a reasonable proposition A nice dilemma we have here
- I love him - I love him The question, gentlemen Oh, joy unbounded
~ INTERMISSION ~
“The Trials of Love in the Spring!” - Operetta excerpts with narration by John-Arthur Miller
Ruddigore
- Welcome Gentry for your entry
The Mikado
- Behold the Lord High Executioner
- The Flowers that bloom in the spring
- Braid the raven hair
- The sun whose rays are all ablaze
H.M.S. Pinafore
- We sail the ocean blue
- I’m called little Buttercup
- The Nightingale
- A maiden fair to see
Iolanthe
- Oh foolish fay *Performed in memory of Patricia P. Gomez, dedicated by Susan & Richard - Vreeland
- When you’re lying awake (Nightmare Song)
Patience
- Twenty lovesick maidens we
- The soldiers of our Queen, excerpt
- In a doleful train
- I hear the soft note
The Pirates of Penzance
- Hail Poetry - with audience
- When the foeman bears his steel
The Mikado
- Willow, tit Willow
Princess Ida
- With joy abiding (Act 3/Finale)
Encore - The Gondoliers
- Once more gondolieri (Finale, excerpt)
Crescendo and its programming
Crescendo is a national-award-winning music performance organization. Now in it’s 20th season, Crescendo has presented concerts year- round in northwestern Connecticut, the Berkshires, and the mid-Hudson Valley of New York. The organization is based at Trinity Church Lime Rock in Lakeville, CT.
Founder and Artistic Director, Christine Gevert, is celebrated for her innovative approach to programming and performance. Crescendo’s audiences are often rewarded with programs of rarely-heard and newly discovered works. Often Ms. Gevert uses original manuscripts to make her own performing editions for chorus, soloists and orchestra because there are no existing published editions. Frequently our programs feature early and contemporary music works alongside each other, creating a contrast for the listener. Eight new works have been commissioned for our chorus and vocal ensemble. Crescendo has presented ten U.S. premieres.
Crescendo’s innovative programming relies on a local base of dedicated and talented auditioned amateurs and professionals who make up the Crescendo Chorus and Crescendo Vocal Ensemble. Crescendo has its own Period Instrument Orchestra and Andean Ensemble, comprised of professionals from New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Hartford. These instrumentalists and the internationally recognized soloists who regularly collaborate with Crescendo bring the performances to a level comparable to the best ensembles in the country. Instrumental music ensembles and concerts with vocal soloists have been part of Crescendo’s programs since the beginning. Some of the performers have been: Julianne Baird (Philadelphia) soprano, Nicholas Tamagna (Oldenburg, Germany) countertenor, Peter Sykes (Boston) and Władysław Kłosiewicz (Warsaw, Poland), harpsichord, Chris Bellsucio (Boston), natural trumpet, Tricia van Oers, recorder, I Fagiolini Renaissance Vocal Ensemble (London, UK), L’Orchestre de Chambre Francaise (Paris, France), Peter Lekx (Montreal) baroque violin, Duo Alturas (Hartford) charango, viola and guitar, and Duo Les Inégales, traverso and harpsichord.
We are strongly committed to educational outreach―to our own singers, our audiences and local students. Talented local high school singers and young musicians are coached by Ms. Gevert as part of our “Young Artist Program”, and often play a part in our performances. She and members of the chorus visit local schools to work with students.