Second Sundays Concert Series

Park Avenue Methodist Church

March 11, 2007

Three Mystical Choruses

Theodore Wiprud

The Open Door (Rumi)

The Song of Uvavnuk (Uvavnuk)

The Vein of Sapphires (Mahadevi)

Three Spirituals

K. Scott Warren

Down by the Riverside

Steal Away

Ain’a that Good News

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Louis Lambert / Richard Pearson Thomas, arr.

Four Songs of War & Peace

Paul Stephan

I.Spring in War-time (Sara Teasdale)

II.My Son (Ada Tyrrell)

III.The Messages (Wilfrid Wilson Gibson)

IV.Prayer for Brotherhood [World Peace]   

(The Book of Common Worship)

A Sentimental Journey

David Root, Richard Pearson Thomas, arr.

In the Still of the Night  (Cole Porter)

Sentimental Journey  (Bud Green & Les Brown)

Chattanooga Choo Choo  (Mack Gordon & Harry Warren)

Every Time We Say Goodbye  (Cole Porter)

A Clear Midnight (Walt Whitman)

Richard Pearson Thomas

The Best of All Possible Worlds (Candide)

Leonard Bernstein

The Phoenix Quartet is dedicated to

...performing music composed or arranged for vocal quartet

...commissioning new music for vocal quartet

...conducting educational outreach.

For repertoire and booking information, please contact Debra Poulter, Artistic Director

Phoenix Quartet

(212) 222-2064 or click here

Vocal music is an especially powerful form of communication that can encourage a better understanding of the struggles and achievements that define people and can develop values that sustain people in life’s experiences.  It has a unique power to create community.  Throughout its rich cultural history and directly because of its melding of poetry and music, vocal music has had a place in all celebrations of life - to herald new life, mourn the passing of life, mark holidays, and to explore the human condition.

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