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...Liturgy of the Holy Spirit, with words by Poet William Robert Miller. Based vaguely on a Christian service described by the 2nd century theologian Hippolytus, the eclectic 14-part liturgy included jazz anthems in fairly conventional "cool" style, ballad-like congregational hymns reminiscent of Kurt Weill, choral passages as modal as a 14th century Mass. Florida-born Ed Summerlin began writing jazz for use in churches six years ago, when he poured out his grief at the loss of his nine-month-old daughter in a Requiem for Mary Jo, a jazz setting of the Methodist Order of Morning Prayer...
...gentleman robber's other bawds to turn him in for the reward. Mac's other love, Lucy Lockit, frees him, only to have him recaptured. And he would hang, were it not for every opera's prescribed happy ending. Macheath escapes from Tyburn and rejoins Polly in a fullthroated choral finale...
...songs that become in stantly familiar. Like (I Love You and) Don't You Forget It, in which "I love you" is repeated 22 times, and Dear Heart, a sentimental waltz that has become this season's must for crooners. Composer-Conductor Mancini's first all-choral al bum is a meticulous blend of voices with orchestra, suitable for his own gentle concoctions but too tame for the Beatlemamc Can't Buy Me Love...
There'll be couples sprawled on the grass, babies in strollers, pregnant women, and Cambridge dowagers in ancient linen at the second Yard concert at 7 p.m. tonight. The Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society will sing Bach and Randall Thompson...
...Choral and Song...