{"id":1053,"date":"2006-12-02T18:30:06","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T00:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/cantabile-choir-with-david-cross\/"},"modified":"2016-04-13T18:40:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:40:02","slug":"cantabile-choir-with-david-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/cantabile-choir-with-david-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Cantabile Choir with David Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cantabile.jpg\"<\/a>Mount Vernon, WA – The Cantabile Choir conducted by David Cross kicks off its inaugural season with a performance on December 1st, 2006 at First Christian Reformed Church.<\/p>\n

Let it be known the Skagit Valley has a new crown jewel for vocal music. Cantabile and David Cross have joined forces to appease the most demanding chamber music fans.<\/p>\n

The singers were excellent, especially for their first concert. Hmmmm….. that statement doesn’t do it justice. I was able to get lost in the beauty of their sound; my eyes transfixed to a higher beauty. THEN I discovered this was their first concert. WOW.<\/p>\n

The vocals were blended well by David Cross, especially between the altos and sopranos. I would take a guess the group has spent a fair amount of tiime on pronunciation, because with only a couple exceptions the pronunciation was even and balanced throughout the entire group.<\/p>\n

\"cantabile-david-cross.jpg\"<\/a>David Cross has a powerful presence which captivates me. He has a very sturdy classical air, yet I always think at any moment he is going to do something wild and crazy, ala Monty Python or PDQ Bach. Maybe that’s more of a reflection of my sense of humor. If David Cross picks some PDQ Bach music for a concert, then I will consider that I have won the bet. His imagination and insight into music selection alone gives hint of future creativity we can expect to see from Cantabile under his capable hand.<\/p>\n

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\nThe choice of music was excellent and kept our interest during the performance. David Cross explained that the flow of music was to herald in the beginning of advent in a more traditional way, then gently lead into Christmas songs and lighter faire.<\/p>\n

One piece in particular that was spellbinding was Cantabile’s treatment of “Lux Aurumque” by Eric Whitacre.\u00c2 ( Real Audio link for Lux Aurumque. I have never heard chord patterns delivered in quite that fashion before, it was like an entire new musical language was being presented. It’s overtones were so mysterious; the changes so mystic. This may have been a performance that will never be repeated in strength of beauty and tone. At first the overtones that crept in were so thick, I half wondered if it was intentional. In finding out more about the piece, it was indeed the intentional craftsmanship of\u00c2 David Cross, a master of detail. You can listen to the Real Audio link of the piece, but I tell you that life is unfulfilled until you have heard it performed well live. More Info about Eric Whitacre<\/a>.
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\nI am partial to chamber music. For chamber music fans it would appear that Cantabile will be the premiere vocal group in Skagit Valley. I applaude David’s foresight to start a group like this. Cantabile is one of those groups that makes life all the more richer for all of us.<\/p>\n

WORKS PERFORMED<\/p>\n

Gloria in D, RV 589
\nAntonio Vivaldi<\/p>\n

Hodie Christus Natus Est
\nMark Hayes<\/p>\n

What Sweeter Music
\nRobert Herrick and Michael Fink<\/p>\n

The Blessed Son of God from “This Day”
\nRalph Vaughan Williams<\/p>\n

Some Children See Him
\nWilhla Hutson and Alfred Burt
\nArr. by Jay Rouse<\/p>\n

Coventry Carol
\nArr. Darmon Meader<\/p>\n

All On a Starry Night
\nPaul Williams and Joseph Graham<\/p>\n

Ziua Ninge
\nVasile Alecsandri and George Dime<\/p>\n

Lux Aurumque
\nEdward Esch and Whitacre\/Edward Esch<\/p>\n

Sleigh Bells
\nArr. Earlene Rentz<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas Mozart
\nArr. Jay Althouse<\/p>\n

Bidi Bom
\nDavid Eddleman<\/p>\n

Go Where I Send Thee
\nArr. Paul Caldwell\/Sean Ivory<\/p>\n

David Cross – Cantabile Conductor<\/p>\n

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Lynne Rheinhardt – Co-Founder of Cantabile
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Karen Rentko – Accompanist
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CANTABILE SINGERS<\/p>\n

SOPRANO
\nLeah Fringer
\nLudia Randall
\nLynne Rheinhardt
\nDebra Rupert
\nLois Vander Meulen<\/p>\n

ALTO
\nLu Anne Hargis
\nDani Keller
\nGinny Ramey
\nJudy Sjerven
\nAnne Will<\/p>\n

TENOR
\nDave Browning
\nTom Ochiai
\nRobert Slabodnik
\nPaul Trautman<\/p>\n

BASS
\nDon Cross
\nKevin Maas
\nGary Ramey
\nDan Rupert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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