VPR Classical Presents: Counterpoint, the Legacy Concert

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In April Robert DeCormier stepped down as founding director of Counterpoint, Vermont’s professional vocal ensemble.  For his final concert with them, he chose a program of his own arrangements and compositions from across his long and distinguished career.  VPR Classical Presents the Counterpoint Legacy Concert, recorded at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington.

Counterpoint:  sopranos Mary Bonhag, Claire Hungerford & Marybeth McCaffrey; altos Melissa Chesnut-Tangerman, Linda Radtke & Lindsey Warren; tenors Piero Bonamico, Roger Grow & Nathaniel G. Lew; basses Eric K. Brooks, Stephen Falbel & Brett W. Murphy. 

Instrumentalists: Karen Kevra, flute; Katie Oprea, oboe; Layton Davis, clarinet; Rebecca Eldredge, bassoon; Cynthia Huard, piano; John Muratore, guitar; Don Baldini, double bass; Tom Toner, percussion.

Special guest: Eric Weissberg, banjo.

 

 

Playlist:
8:02 pm
  • Sing everyone, Sing Me
  • Composer: Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Soloists: Marybeth McCaffrey, soprano
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
8:05 pm
  • Four American Folk Songs: Sweet Betsy from Pike; If I Had a Ribbon Bow; Wayfaring Stranger; The Ox Driver's Song
  • Arranger: arr. Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Soloists: Mary Bonhag, soprano ; Piero Bonamico, tenor
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
8:15 pm
  • Three Songs of War: All the Pogroms, All the Wars; Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier; Room for a Soldier
  • Composer: Robert DeCormier (1 & 3)
  • Arranger: arr. Robert DeCormier (2)
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Soloists: Claire Hungerford, soprano ; Mary Bonhag, soprano ; Roger Grow, tenor
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
8:25 pm
  • Legacy
  • Composer: Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Soloists: Eric K. Brooks, bass
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
8:50 pm
  • Everything is Music
  • Composer: Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
8:55 pm
  • Who Killed Cock Robin?
  • Arranger: arr. Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
9:05 pm
  • Two American Folk Songs: Frankie and Johnny; Wailie, Wailie
  • Arranger: arr. Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Soloists: Roger Grow, tenor
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
9:15 pm
  • Four Sonnets to Orpheus
  • Composer: Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
9:25 pm
  • A Duel: Banjo and Counterpoint; Dance Gal, Gimme the Banjo; Raise a Ruckus
  • Arranger: arr. Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Soloists: Eric Weissberg, banjo ; Eric K. Brooks, bass
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
9:35 pm
  • Oh, Freedom
  • Arranger: arr. Robert DeCormier
  • Ensemble: Counterpoint
  • Conductor: Robert DeCormier
  • CD/Album: Counterpoint: The Legacy Concert
  • Record co./Cat #: VPR Classical Presents
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