[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)]
The Afro-British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born August 15, 1875. He died on September 1, 1912:
EOA Staff |
August 9, 2012
Members of Annapolis area church choirs from St. Margaret’s
Episcopal, Calvary United Methodist, and St. Martin’s Lutheran will join
together in concert on Sunday, August 26 presenting selections from
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s The Atonement and Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah.
The concert will be held at 7 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church
located at 301 Rowe Boulevard in Annapolis. Child care will be provided.
The 80-member joint choir and accompanying orchestra will be under
the direction of music directors Scott Taylor of Calvary United
Methodist, James R. Fitzpatrick of St. Margaret’s, and Timothy Smith of
St. Martin’s. David Beatty of Calvalry has also assisted with
rehearsing the choir.
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The Atonement will feature Rayanne Gonzales, soprano, with Benjamin
Taylor, baritone, Sarah Balcom, mezzo soprano, and Candace Potts,
contralto. Gonzales is a Metropolitan Opera finalist and has been
featured in the Broadway musicals In the Heights and Phantom of the
Opera. She can currently be seen in the Arena Stage production of The
Music Man. Taylor and Potts recently returned from a singing tour of
Russia and Brazil.
...
“None of the three churches involved could
have produced a 80-voice choir on their own. We all benefit from
working together,” Taylor said.
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“I mentioned that our choirs were feeling particularly empowered having just performed Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s neglected masterpiece The Atonement,” said St. Margaret’s Director of Music James R. Fitzpatrick.
“I mentioned that our choirs were feeling particularly empowered having just performed Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s neglected masterpiece The Atonement,” said St. Margaret’s Director of Music James R. Fitzpatrick.
“Scott was intrigued by the fact that the work had not been performed
with orchestra for almost 100 years. I said that I wished we could do
it again while it was still fresh in our minds and Scott began to toy
with the idea of using this piece as an opening to the Elijah concert.”
While both pieces have been reduced for this concert, Fitzpatrick
said they work wonderfully well together. “Both are examples of
romantic music, deep with emotion and soaring melodies,” he said. “The
Mendelssohn is a perfect example of early romantic music that tells a
story. With the Coleridge-Taylor, we see how that style developed and
morphed. There is a commonality between the chorus in Elijah calling
for Baal and the chorus in The Atonement calling to Christ to come down
from the cross, both furious and futile requests.” Tickets are $10 each and are available for purchase by contacting the
church office of any of the three churches.
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“We anticipate that we will be able to offer more programs like this one in the future,” said Taylor.
[SamuelColeridge-Taylor (1875-1912) is profiled at AfriClassical.com,
which features a comprehensive Works List and a Bibliography by Prof.
Dominique-René de Lerma, www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com.
We
are collaborating with the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation of the
U.K., www.SCTF.org.uk]
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