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...accomplished director and composer has brought this approach to her directing debut at Harvard. Cantata 2000--composed, adapted and directed by Swados--opens this weekend on the Loeb Mainstage. Elizabeth Swados is the second professional director to work on a major undergraduate production as part of the Harvard-Radcliffe Visiting Director's Project...
Inspired by and largely based on writings done by people in their 20s and early 30s, Cantata 2000 is, in Swados's words, a "circus of words." She hopes it portrays "what it's like to be twenty-something and live as the millenium is being pushed in your face...
Lenny Matczynski, executive director of Emmanuel Music, says, "When we started, we were all hippies. Back then it was radical to go into a church service." Matczynski believes that the power of the cantata series comes from the focus on one musical form; the musicians are able to exercise "sheer tenacity and determination" in order to explore the artistry of sacred music in depth...
...occasional visitors are wildly enthusiastic about Bach. This is the common thread that binds the community together, even more than the Episcopal faith observed here, as many members are Catholic, Jewish and atheists. Susan Zawalich, Administator of Dudley House and former administrator of Emmanuel Church, says that "the Bach cantata series is the touchstone for the rest of the music programs there, the generator of the church's activities...
Emmanuel Church is located at 15 Newbury St. next to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Arlington Green Line T stop. Services take place Sundays at 10 a.m., followed by a Bach cantata during the academic year. If you have any questions, call 536-3356. Very reduced student prices for concerts available...