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Thanksgiving Monday

Just a quick reminder that there is NO rehearsal on Thanksgiving Monday. Enjoy the holiday!

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Concert Order

Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind    John Rutter     from As You Like It
inter is at Hand    Ruth Morris Gray    from Richard III
Orpheus With His Lute    Christine Donkin    from Henry VIII

Sonnet set:
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? (Sonnet 18)   Nils Lindberg
Sonnet 43    Laura Hawley
That Time of Year (Sonnet 73)    Stanley Hoffmann
How Like a Winter (Sonnet 97)    Ruth Morris Gray

So Hallowed and So Gracious is the Time    Paul Ayres    from Hamlet

When Daisies Pied    John Rutter   from Loves Labour's Lost
When Icicles Hang By the Wall    Thomas Arne    from Love’s Labour's Lost

 choir sit-down break. entracte (small ensemble song)

Under the Greenwood Tree SSA    Robert Boyd    from As You Like It
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind    Elise Letourneau    from As You Like It

Lawn as White as Driven Snow    Robert Johnson    from The Winter’s Tale

O Mistress Mine    Matthew Harris    from Twelfth Night
Hey Ho, The Wind and the Rain    Robert Schumann    from Twelfth Night

Ottawa actor Robin Guy will join us to help put the songs in their dramatic context: she will be performing excerpts from each of the plays, as well as reciting the sonnet texts. Robin is a frequent performer at the Gladstone Theatre, as well as being the venue Manager, and she also runs Three Sisters Theatre Company.

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Shall I Compare Thee

This is a lovely, haunting version of Shall I Compare Thee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1GnLT0ua4&list=RDPE1GnLT0ua4&start_radio=1

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New Season

Winter's Tales: Shakespearean Songs for the Season

Welcome back to our returning members, and a warm welcome to new members! Our weekly rehearsals resume on Monday, September 8 from 7:15 - 9:30 pm at Centretown United Church (507 Bank St.). Scott has once again put together an exciting winter program for us - Musica Viva Singers is going back to the Bard! Winter's Tales: Shakespearean Songs for the Season. We will learn songs from the plays in settings by composers from across five centuries, from Robert Johnson to John Rutter, as well as by contemporary Canadian women composers Laura Hawley, Christine Donkin, and Elise Letourneau. And to bring the poetry and drama vividly to life, we will be joined by actor Robin Guy of Three Sisters Theatre Company.

We are planning to present a winter concert on Monday, December 15, so save the date! The dress rehearsal will be on Saturday, December 13 in the afternoon.