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3 Nature's Song: Resistance Through piece “Es par bēdu nebēdāju” by 4 Well, Imagine That!
Singing in the Baltic Region Latvian composer Laura Leontjeva. Duke Energy CC 2nd Floor
The audience will learn about the
Duke Energy CC 3rd Floor importance of singing in resistance South Meeting Rooms 263-264
Junior Ballroom D and cultural identity in the Baltic
and how women were and still are an Choral song arises from the inter-
Culture holds the key to humanity integral part of those elements. action of the intent of the poetry as
and shares who we truly are. With seen through the imagination of the
the current conflict in Ukraine and Heather MacLaughlin Garbes, composer. How we approach this in-
past atrocities throughout the Baltic presenter teraction defines the expressive power
region, the focus on sustaining culture of our choral singing. Gerald Finzi,
when all other things are being taken Mägi Ensemble, Insight Choir a well-known twentieth-century
away and strengthening the com- English composer, believed that a
munity through song is vital. When Barbara Tappa, presider composer must be chosen by a text.
everything is stripped away and all State President, Washington If we as conductors are to follow
possessions are destroyed and homes Finzi’s lead, there are a number of
are gone, there can still be songs. Folk poetic/musical elements that must be
songs and national poetry were used considered. Such expressive elements
during these times to assist people in
maintaining their cultural identity
while conforming to the restrictions JOIN US FOR
of the occupying government.
This lecture concert will pres- A DYNAMIC
ent history, stories, and repertoire READING
that introduce the audience to the SESSION
importance of choral music in the
Baltic region, the use of nature as a • Exciting new
metaphor during times of censorship, publications
and the vital role that women played from Alliance
in the resistance movements. We will • Led by
outline a short history of the Baltic Dr. Betsy Cook Weber
States and the singing tradition with MUSIC PUBLICATIONS, INC. MUSIC PUBLICATIONS, INC. Madison Endowed Professor of Music
an introductory Lithuanian sutartinė Director of Choral Studies
University of Houston Moores School of Music
folk song call-and-response. The Friday, February 14 • 12:00 pm
concert will continue with composi-
tions from Latvian composer Laura VESPERGESANG TTBB with violoncello & contrabass $3.10
Edited by Gary Packwood
Jēkabsone, a newly commissioned
VESPERGESANG
work by Latvian-American composer
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Katherine Pukinskis, Estonian com- Edited by
Gary Packwood
poser Evelin Seppar’s “Maarduran”
with poetry by Estonian national poet
Marie Under. To finish this concert, ALLIANCE Music PUBLICATIONS, lNc.
we will sing two of the traditional
“unofficial” anthems from Lithuania
and Estonia and close with the lively Visit Alliance Music Publications in the Exhibit Hall

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