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Went to hear "Shofar" oratorio performed by Coro Allegro this past Sunday in Sanders Theater.
It was really good. This is a new piece (world premiere), and hopefully other groups will pick it up too. I liked the foramt of the performance: The composer & librettist spoke about the themes of the oratorio (including a demonstration of the calls on an actual shofar) and had the chorus+orchestra demonstrate selected passages at appropriate points. That was a good idea. Then the full oratorio after intermission.
I enjoyed the music but the best part was the words. It's a really really good libretto, I think. I saved the program to keep the words. There's parts from the bible and from modern poets and some of the lines are very affective.
There's no shofar instrument in the actual piece (which is good, because unfortunately their blower was mediocre), BTW.
BethAnn and Barbara her mom called me up mere hours before and I went with them. This was, incidentally, the first event I'd been to in Memorial Hall.
It was really good. This is a new piece (world premiere), and hopefully other groups will pick it up too. I liked the foramt of the performance: The composer & librettist spoke about the themes of the oratorio (including a demonstration of the calls on an actual shofar) and had the chorus+orchestra demonstrate selected passages at appropriate points. That was a good idea. Then the full oratorio after intermission.
I enjoyed the music but the best part was the words. It's a really really good libretto, I think. I saved the program to keep the words. There's parts from the bible and from modern poets and some of the lines are very affective.
There's no shofar instrument in the actual piece (which is good, because unfortunately their blower was mediocre), BTW.
BethAnn and Barbara her mom called me up mere hours before and I went with them. This was, incidentally, the first event I'd been to in Memorial Hall.
