June 7, 8, 9

Our June concert will be great fun as BCG tours American music, from Colonial days to the present. Accompanied by Tim Getz, BCG’s wonderful accompanist, on virtuoso piano, we’ll spotlight the best music from our cultural history! In the first half we’ll sing works from the 18th to the 21st centuries by composers working in the “classical” tradition. After intermission, we’ll let our hair down and perform hits from a wide variety of American popular genres, including Broadway musicals, movie scores, jazz standards and spirituals. Join us for a wonderful concert of music by Billings, Barber, Berlin and much more!​

​Program:
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To Music 
     William Billings: Modern Musik
     Steven Sametz: I Have Had Singing
     Dudley Buck: Hymn to Music
Peace and Quiet
     Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts
     Amy Beach: Peace I Leave With You 
     Eric Whitacre: Sleep
American Classic
     Samuel Barber: Reincarnations
Sacred Sentiments
     Charles Ives: Sixty-Seventh Psalm
     Randall Thompson: Best of Rooms
     Aaron Copland: At the River
—Intermission--
Early Popular Song
     A Stephen Foster Medley
Musicals
     Richard Rodgers In Concert
     Leonard Bernstein: Something’s Coming/Tonight
Movies
     Johnny Mandel, Charlie Chaplin (arr. Dole): The Shadow of Your SMILE
     Let’s Dance! The Songs of Irving Berlin
Jazz Standard  
    Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Spirituals
     Moses Hogan:  Deep River; Elijah Rock
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Read the program notes by artistic director Sanford Dole.

Join us for a preview lecture a half hour before each concert.