SPIRITED - IN EVERY SENSE! CITV TO OFFER 60TH CONCERT WITH MENDELSSOHN AND ROSSINI

“Spirited – in every sense!” On Sunday May 18th Concerts in the Village presents its 60th program with major works of Mendelssohn and Rossini. CITV’s Broad Street Orchestra opens the concert with Mendelssohn’s well-known “Italian” Symphony of 1833. Clearly inspired by all things Italian, while in Rome and in the midst of the work’s composition the composer wrote to his sister “It will be the jolliest piece I have ever done, especially the last movement.” Considering the elegant, sun-drenched sweep of the symphony’s opening and the dance-like frenzy of its conclusion, Mendelssohn’s personal assessment seems indisputable. And for nearly two-hundred years listeners have enthusiastically agreed. The “Italian” Symphony’s popularity has never wavered. Composed more than a decade following his 39th and last opera, Rossini’s stunning, highly operatic Stabat Mater follows. However contemplative the liturgical subject may seem, this is a passionate and musically demanding work of great emotional intensity that famously holds nothing back – vocally, chorally and orchestrally. In many respects the Stabat Mater became Verdi’s model for his own Requiem. In fact, Verdi’s well-known work began its life inspired by the first anniversary of Rossini’s death and the great admiration he held for the older composer. Conducting the Italian premiere, none other than Donizetti remarked “The enthusiasm is impossible to describe. Even at the final rehearsal, which Rossini attended, in the middle of the day, he was accompanied to his home to the shouting of more than 500 persons.” Featured will be CITV’s primary ensembles, the Broad Street Orchestra and Broad Street Chorale, along with return engagements by four outstanding soloists: soprano Caroline Dunigan, soprano Paulina Swierczek, tenor Eric Finbarr Carey, and bass Tyler Duncan. All four soloists have performed both in North America and in Europe. Among their many credits, Dunigan has been an opera fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, Swierczek and Carey have been Tanglewood Vocal Fellows, and Duncan has sung throughout the United States and Canada, including the Metropolitan Opera. CITV Artistic Director David Smith will conduct. He comments, “For this thrilling concert we gather 65 very talented musicians. The vocal demands of Rossini’s engaging Stabat Mater are legendary. I am delighted to have with us four outstanding soloists and assure our listeners a striking musical afternoon.” The Rossini performance is believed to be a long overdue premiere in the region. Kinderhook Reformed Church, 21 Broad Street (US Route 9), Kinderhook NY 12106. Suggested contribution $25. Students and children free. Handicapped accessible. Further information and reservations: www.concertsinthevillage.org. Follow CITV on Facebook.

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