Concert Notes:
Fall Concert at St. Theresa’s School, November 7, 3:00 pm
The St. Theresa School PTA will present the Parkway Concert Orchestra in a fall pops concert on Sunday, November 7 at 3 p.m. in Monsignor Donahue Hall, St. Theresa School, 30 St. Theresa Avenue, West Roxbury. Music Director and Conductor Lawrence Isaacson conducts the 50 piece non-profit orchestra in classical and pops-style selections for the entire family, including Academic Festival Overture, Hymn and Triumphal March from Aida and selections from Porgy and Bess.
The orchestra’s first commissioned work, “Washington Slept Here - Overture”, by Allen Feinstein, will receive its premiere performance. Euphonium soloist Adam Frey will perform “Sin tu Amor”, “De Kar Waltz”, “La Virgen de la Macarena” and the world premiere of his arrangement of “Rule Britannia”.
The concert will feature the St. Theresa Parish Choir, the Choristers’ Choir and the Children's Choir, joined by the South Shore’s Choral Art Society and directed by Dr. Richard Bunbury, in the Kyrie and Gloria from Messe Breve in C by Charles Gounod. After the concert, the audience will be able to meet the instruments at an instrument petting zoo.
This concert is presented for the public by St. Theresa School PTA and is sponsored by P.E. Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home. Donations are requested: $6; $5 for seniors; $4 for children. Light refreshments and free parking are provided. For further information, please call 617-469-0721.
The Program:
| Academic Festival Overture | Brahms/Leidig |
| Messe Breve in C | Charles Gounod |
with St. Theresa’s choirs and Choral Art Society
Kyrie
Gloria |
| Variations on a Shaker Melody | Aaron Copland |
| Sin tu Amor | Miguel Sandoval/Frey |
| Adam Frey, euphonium soloist |
| "De Kar" Waltz | Francois Glorieux |
| Adam Frey, euphonium soloist |
| Aida: Hymn and Triumphal March | Verdi |
| -- Intermission -- |
Washington Slept Here - Overture
World Premiere
Parkway Concert Orchestra Commission (2004) | Allen Feinstein |
| La Virgen de la Macarena | Traditional/Koff |
| Adam Frey, euphonium soloist |
| Rule Britannia | John Hartman/Frey |
Adam Frey, euphonium soloist
World Premiere of Orchestra Version |
| It Don't Mean a Thing… | Ellington & Mills/Sayre |
| Porgy and Bess | Gershwin/Sayre |
The Parkway Concert Orchestra performs in a fall pops concert on Sunday, November 7 at 3 p.m. in Monsignor Donahue Hall, St. Theresa School, 30 St. Theresa Avenue, West Roxbury. Shown (left to right): conductor Lawrence Isaacson, sponsors Jerry Locke and Ed Doherty, and Roslindale resident and West Roxbury business owner Michael Macrides (percussion). This concert is presented for the public by St. Theresa School PTA and is sponsored by P.E. Murray-George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home.
Thanks to Susan Silverman and Helen Tarantino for the photography.
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