MPBN to broadcast college, music society ensembles in Brahms' Requiem
In March, two ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ musical ensembles joined two community ensembles in a first-of-its-kind performance of Johannes Brahms’ masterful A German Requiem.
At 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, the stations of MPBN Radio will broadcast the concert on the MaineStageÌýÌý±è°ù´Ç²µ°ù²¹³¾.
The landmark musical event on March 31 featured some 260 musicians performing at Lewiston’s Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The concert was the first collaboration between the and the college, both notable presences in Maine music. The link is John Corrie, of Lewiston, who has directed the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Choir since 1986 and became artistic director of the music society last year.
In addition to the college choir, performing were the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Orchestra, the music society’s Androscoggin Chorale and Maine Chamber Ensemble, soprano Bonnie Scarpelli and baritone Peter Allen ’66. Hiroya Miura, of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ faculty, conducted the Requiem, and Corrie led the combined choirs, along with choral groups from local high schools, in two Brahms motets.
