Music on the Hill celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a concert of Irish music performed by the Festival Chorus and Jubilate Ringers handbell choir, with Artistic Directors David H. Connell and Ellen Dickinson, Conductors.
The concert takes place on Sunday, March 15, at 3 p.m. at the Parish Hall of the Wilton Episcopal and Presbyterian Church complex (WEPCO), 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton.
The Jubilate Ringers will perform Dr. Connell's "Give Us a Dance Then," a suite of Irish dances arranged for handbells, which the group premiered last March. The suite includes the jigs, reels, and waltzes of a traditional Irish ceili, or dance party, complete with bell effects evoking the bagpiper's drone and dancers' clogs.
The Festival Chorus will perform traditional Irish songs, including "Carrickfergus," "'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" as arranged for the King's Singers, and a wordless "Londonderry Air" arranged by Percy Grainger. Other selections include choral settings of the poetry of W.B. Yeats.
Join us on March 15th and unleash your inner Irish!
Handbell ringers inspired by the Irish concert are invited to join Music on the Hill for a Spring Ring on Saturday, April 26th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We'll read through new music hot off the presses. No performance; no pressure; just a fun time with bells and the people who ring them.
On May 1st, the professional-level Chamber Chorus will perform music of Shakespeare at the Pequot Library in Southport.
"Oh, Wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?"
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