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SUMMARY:Greg Funfgeld Family Concert: Benjamin Britten - Noah's Flood (Noyes Fludde)
DESCRIPTION:“This fabulous piece doesn’t get nearly enough performances and this all-too-rare opportunity is not to be missed! Bring your children\, grandchildren\, kids from your community\, churches\, and schools – it will be a memorable experience for everyone!” ~ Greg Funfgeld\, artistic director and conductor \nThis fully staged production of Britten’s one-act opera has been performed worldwide\, with its American premiere taking place sixty years ago in New York. Traditionally staged in churches\, this year’s Greg Funfgeld Family Concert will take place in Packer Memorial Church at Lehigh University. \nBritten combines a child’s curiosity and whimsy with great emotional power in this evocative one-act church opera. The audience will join for the first hymn\, which includes a thundering depiction of the biblical storm. \nBritten throws every tool in his composer’s purse at the text\, including a large battery of percussion contrasts with delicate trilling recorders\, and in one evocative scene\, a raven is given the voice of a cello\, and the dove a fluttering recorder (perhaps an allusion to Bach’s use of trilling flutes to represent turtledoves in an early cantata). \nThere are roles for children’s chorus\, many specialty instruments\, vocal soloists\, The Choir\, and more. Britten was hugely influenced by Bach\, and many of Bach’s most oft-used compositional practices were updated by Britten in his choral works. \nSoloists include: \n \n  \nDavid Newman\, bass-baritone\, portraying Noah. \n  \n \n  \nMeg Bragle\, mezzo-soprano\, is Mrs. Noah. \n  \n  \nThe Bach Choir and The Bach Festival Orchestra welcome The Bel Canto Youth Chorus\, Pennsylvania Youth Theater\, and members of the Lehigh University Philharmonic Orchestra to share this performance. \n3 pm\nSaturday\, February 29\nPacker Memorial Church – glorious acoustics; ALL seats offer unobstructed views\nLehigh University\, Bethlehem \nPLEASE NOTE:  Tickets purchased after February 23 will be available as “Print at Home” or “Box Office Delivery / Will Call” only. No Mail Delivery for orders placed after February 23.  Thank you!  \nA second performance of this concert takes place on Sunday\, March 1 at 3 pm.  Please scroll down to “related events” to open that event. \n\n\n \nShare This:
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LOCATION:Packer Memorial Church\, 18 University Drive\, Bethlehem\, PA\, 18015\, United States
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