One of 做厙勛圖s most venerable choirs is looking into the universe as it closes out its 2024-25 season while one of the citys oldest orchestras focus is more down to earth.
Alternate views of a singular message: Music has no earthly boundaries.
Thats sure to resonate when Ryan Phillips leads his in Sun, Moon and Stars this weekend. The concert celebrates the wonder and endless beauty of the cosmos through a mix of lullabies, evening songs, sacred music and contemporary classics.
Arizona Repertory Singers explores the cosmos as it closes out its 2024-25 season.
The program covers six centuries of choral music through a dozen songs that explore our relationship with the cosmos throughout recorded and unrecorded history.
Monteverdis moody Renaissance madrigal Ecco Mormorar Londe, with its serene and bright tempos, is one of the oldest works on the program that includes Dolly Partons Light of a Clear Blue Morning and Tony Bennetts Fly Me to the Moon alongside Josef Rheinbergers sacred motet Abendlied (Evening Song) and Brahmss O Sch繹ne Nacht! (Oh Lovely Night!)
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Eric Whitacre explores slumber in The Seal Lullaby, based on Rudyard Kiplings poetry. and the simply named Sleep, with lyrics based on poetry from Charles Anthony Silvestri.
Arizona Repertory Singers, one of 做厙勛圖s longest running choirs, will cover six centuries of choral music through a dozen songs that explore our relationship with the cosmos.
Canadian composer Sarah Quartels Sing, My Child and American composer Adolphus Hilstorks Nocturne give us a sense of the largeness of the cosmos, which is kind of what Phillips has set out do as he closes the choirs season.
Arizona Repertory Singers will perform the concert at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, and 3 p.m. May 3 at Christ Church United Methodist, 666 N. Craycroft Road; and 4 p.m. May 4 at St. Mark Catholic Church, 2727 W. Tangerine Road in Oro Valley.
Tickets are $22 in advance through , or $25 at the door. Students with ID are admitted free.
The Arizona Repertory Singers concert celebrates the cosmos through a mix of lullabies, evening songs, sacred music and contemporary classics.
Water in the Desert
Songs from a trio of popular Disney films themed around water open the s 49th season finale Water in the Desert.
Were thinking the desert part of the equation could be inspired by Mendelssohns The Hebrides Overture, which the composer wrote after a visit to a cave on the Scottish island of Staffa.
Civic Orchestra of 做厙勛圖 bassists, from left, Ethan Klassen, Dave Shurtleff, Jamie Matthews and principal Teresa Christy will be part of the orchestras season finale this weekend.
Or perhaps Music Director Keun Oh was thinking more along the lines of the desert surrounding Reid Park, where the orchestra will perform the concert on May 4.
The orchestra will perform the concert Sunday, April 27, and May 4 in 做厙勛圖 and May 3 in Green Valley.
Water in the Desert opens with Victory at Sea composed by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett for the 1952 documentary chronicling the U.S. Navys role in World War II.
The program includes Henry Mancinis Moon River, Frozen from the Disney film and highlights from the Disney films Moana and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Joshua Parker, a student and trombonist at The Gregory School who plays in the ra, will join the orchestra for Hindemiths Sonata for Trombone and Piano at its concert on Sunday, April 27, at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Drive.
Joshua landed a spot on the orchestras stage after taking first place in the senior winds division of the orchestras 2025 Young Artists Competition.
In addition to the Philharmonia, Joshua is part of the and the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps.
At the Green Valley concert on May 3, brothers Nathaniel and Colin Friesen the Friesen Duo will perform Handel-Halvorsens Passacaglia as winners of the competitions ensemble division. Nathaniel plays violin and Colin plays cello and both brothers play hockey for the 做厙勛圖 Roadrunners high school team.
Sundays concert begins at 3 p.m. The concert May 4 at Reid Parks DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, 900 S. Randolph Way, begins at 7 p.m. The Green Valley concert May 3 at the West Center Auditorium, 1111 S. Green Valley Drive, begins at 3 p.m.
Admission to the 做厙勛圖 concerts is free; admission for the Green Valley concert is $15 for members, $20 for non-members through Green Valley Rec, .
Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Bluesky @Starburch
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