Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers Present DOUBLE EXPOSURE, 3/25 & 3/29

The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers present DOUBLE EXPOSURE, a concert of interpretations of choral composers. The chamber will be performing on March 25 at the Apharetta Presbyterian Church and on March 29 at the Peachtree Presbyterian Church at 3 PM. and 7:30 PM, respectively.

Choral music has one major difference from instrumental music, and that is the use of words with the music. For choral composers, the text is of enormous importance, and the most common approach is to take an existing text and create music which will complement the meaning found within those words. In DOUBLE EXPOSURE we are able to hear how a variety of texts have been treated by "pairs" of composers, and the result is to discover how two individuals can often interpret so differently the same text. As Alice said to Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, "The question is whether you can make words mean so many different things."

A wide variety of texts are included in Double Exposure, including O Magnum Mysterium, Ave Maria, Sure on this Shining Night, Shenandoah, and Little David, Play on Your Harp. Composers will range from Victoria, Bach and Vivaldi to Biebl, Barber, and Lauridsen.

With a repertoire spanning centuries and styles, The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers have perform sacred and secular selections. The 26-member group appears on concert series and for corporate, civic and private events.

Alpharetta Presbyterian Church
180 Academy Street
Alpharetta, GA 30009
3:00 PM
$10 General Admission

Peachtree Presbyterian Church
3434 Roswell Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
7:30 PM
$10 General Admission

http://www.mosingers.com

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