Spring 2010 — Music About Mothers: From the Divine to the Deranged

Allegra Martin, Director

Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 7 PM

This spring, Cantilena celebrates Mother's Day with a concert called
"Music About Mothers: From the Divine to the Deranged."

The program will include:

• two beautiful settings of Ave Maria by Fauré and Poulenc

• Duruflé's exquisite Tota Pulchra Es.

Swinging to the other side of the spectrum, we will also be performing:

• Irving Fine's raucous (and malicious!) Caroline Million.

Join us in celebrating many current American composers, including Gwyneth Walker, Roger Bourland, Zae Munn, and Eric Whitacre. We are also enormously proud to present a world premiere — commissioned just for this concert — composed by local luminary, Michael Veloso.

Bring your mother to this touching and boisterous celebration of all aspects of motherhood. But be warned that when Cantilena sings "One day my mother took a sledgehammer and pounded the kitchen stove into bits!" that your own
mother might get some dangerous ideas!

More about the performers:

Cantilena, a women's chorale under the direction of Allegra Martin, is an ensemble of approximately 30 singers, dedicated to performing music written for the treble voice. Our challenging and diverse repertoire spans from the 15th to the 21st centuries and includes works in many different languages and musical forms. We strive to introduce both our members and our audience to works they are unlikely to encounter in other forums, with an emphasis on music composed specifically for women's voices.

For more information about the concert, please call (781) 648-2456 or e-mail info@cantilena.org.

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
630 Massachusetts Avenue
(corner of Mass Ave and Route 60)
Arlington Center, MA
(This venue is handicapped accessible)

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