GRINNELL ORATORIO SOCIETY
Season 2012-2013 Schedule
John Rommereim, director
First rehearsal: Monday, September 3, 7:00 pm, Sebring-Lewis Hall
Sign up online at the Oratorio Society website to get on list, and to receive a score prior to the first rehearsal.
Grinnell Oratorio Society
2012-2013 Season
Friday, September 28, 7:30 pm Sebring-Lewis Hall
Family Weekend Choral Concert by the Grinnell Singers and the Grinnell Oratorio Society
The Oratorio Society will perform "Four Quartets" Op. 92, by Johannes Brahms, and selections from The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, by Carol Barnett. The Brahms works are exquisite gems -- well worth repeating from our 2011-12 season. The selections from A Bluegrass Mass are a sneak preview of our November concert.
Wednesday, November 7, 7:30 pm, Sebring Lewis Hall
Concert by Schola Cantorum Coralina, Alina Orraca, conductor
One of Cuba's finest choirs makes a rare appearance in the US. A concert not to be missed!
Sunday November 18, 2:00 pm Sebring-Lewis Hall
The Grinnell Singers and the Grinnell Oratorio Society, with special guests, Monroe Crossing
Five Hebrew Love Songs, by Eric Whitacre
Hallelujah, by G. F. Handel, arr. Mervyn Warren
The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, by Carol Barnett
Minnesota composer Carol Barnett's remarkable work brings "the solemnity of the classical-based Mass together with the down-home sparkle of bluegrass." Whitacre's "Five Hebrew Love Songs" are among the celebrated composers best-loved works. Mervyn Warren's arrangement of the "Halleluja" Chorus is a rousing, gospel-based take on this familiar work.
Sunday, February 17, 2:00 pm Sebring-Lewis Hall
The Grinnell Singers and the Grinnell Oratorio Society
"Think Global, Sing Local" Home grown music and music from the wider Grinnell family.
Saturday, April 27, 7:30 pm Bridge View Center, Ottumwa, Iowa
The Grinnell Singers, The Grinnell Oratorio Society, and the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra, Eric McIntyre, Conductor
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Carl Orff's masterpiece will be presented on the beautiful stage at the Bridge View Center in Ottumwa. The concert features the combined voices of many talented singers from the Ottumwa area, and members of the Grinnell Singers and the Grinnell Oratorio Society.
Sunday, May 5, 2:00 pm Herrick Chapel
The Grinnell Singers, The Grinnell Oratorio Society, and the Grinnell Symphony Orchestra, Eric McIntyre, Conductor
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
