Word: passione
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both the right and the left have had little effect on the majority of 1789 commemorations. Celebrations large and small, local and national, will attract record numbers of tourists to France. If these do not mark a true festival of reconciliation, the French can still take pride in the passion they have for their history. In Lyons, Jacques Tournier, the descendant of a water carrier who was guillotined in 1793, recalls that his grandmother refused to walk past the place in the market where the execution machine stood. "Now I too avoid that spot out of respect for my ancestors...
Marvin says that the 65-member group, which performs a cappella pieces as well as choral/orchestral works, has been working on the St. Matthew's Passion since November. The Passion requires eight choral parts as well as eight solo parts. Tonight's performance will feature seven solo performances: Nancy Armstrong will sing soprano; Gloria Raymond will sing mezzosoprano; Jon Humphrey and Frank Kelley will sing tenor; Sanford Sylvan and Thomas Jones will sing baritone, and David Ripley will sing the bass part...
Twenty sopranos from the Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS) will accompany the Collegium in two sections of the Passion orginally written for boy's choruses. This additional soprano section will stand above the Collegium performers in the stage balcony at Sanders Theater, allowing the higher melodies to float above those of the main body of the chorus...
This evening's show will be a concert performance; although the St. Matthew's Passion has several parts and characters, Marvin said the piece is generally not staged...
Tickets for St. Matthew's Passion are $14, $12 and $10, although advance tickets are already sold out. A limited number of tickets may be available at the door immediately before the show, which begins at 7:30 sharp...