COUNTERPOINT - August 17, 2010

Robert De Cormier, director

Nathaniel Goeffrey Lew, associate artistic director

It was a Lover and his Lass Three Madrigals    Come Again, Sweet Love    Toss Not, My Soul    What If I Never Speed Early Morning Mists    Spring    Summer    Autumn    Winter Do You Remember Us? Poetry by Kathleen Raine    The World    To the Sun Choral Dances from Gloriana    Time    Concord    Time and Concord    Country Girls    Rustics and Fishermen    Final Dance of Homage It was a Lover and his Lass

Thomas Morley (1557? - 1602) John Dowland (1562 - 1626) Yehezkel Braun (1922 - ) Don Jamison (1956 - ) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) John Rutter (1945 - )

- INTERMISSION -

It was a Lover and his Lass Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans    Dieu, qu'il l'a fait bon regarder    Quant j'ai ouy le tabourin    Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain Three Shakespeare Songs    Full Fathom Five    The Cloud-Capped Tower    Over Hill, Over Dale Songs from Shakespeare    Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Winds    Under the Greenwood Tree    O Mistress Mine    The Wind and the Rain It was a Lover and his Lass

Harry Freedman (1922 - 2005) Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Ralph Vaughn Williams (1874 - 1958 ) Harry Freedman (1922 - 2005) Ward Swingle (1927 - )

             
             

Founded by Robert De Cormier in 2000, Counterpoint is dedicated to performing choral
chamber music of diverse cultures with an emphasis on rarely performed works, unique
arrangements, and the work of contemporary composers. Counterpoint is also committed
to fostering music education in schools and colleges through workshops and concerts
with and for students and teachers, in order to further their appreciation and
understanding of choral music and to enhance their ability to perform it. After
Counterpoint’s debut, Jim Lowe, writing in the Vermont Times-Argus, described them
as “a cohesive ensemble, able to perform varied repertoire with style and
understanding…a joy to hear.” The twelve-member professional ensemble has enjoyed
increasing success in recent years, presenting concerts throughout the Northeast
and Midwest. The group attracted the attention of Vermont Public Radio and for five
years National Public Radio has broadcast A Vermont Christmas with Counterpoint
to more than one hundred affiliates nationwide. The group has recorded seven CDs
with Albany Records, and has been in residence at Saint Michael’s College since
2007.