Images of kids inform the works chosen for this morning’s Centering
Music, both by composers from the Catalonian region of Spain. Federico Mompou’s
Scènes d’enfants (Scenes of
Childhood) begins with “Cris dans la rue” (Shouts in the Street) and ends with “Jeunes
filles au jardin” (Young Girls in the Garden); present in the two numbers is a
popular Catalan folk tune, “La filla del marxant,” or “The Merchant’s Daughter.”
Manuel Blancafort was a close friend of Mompou’s. His father founded a
player-piano shop in his home town of La Garriga, and the composer claimed to
have learned the rudiments of his craft transcribing musical scores onto
player-piano rolls. Parc d’attraccions alludes
to a popular amusement park on the summit of Tibidabo, a mountain overlooking
Barcelona. Elsewhere, the CUUC Choir makes its final appearance of the 2018-19
church year, and our own Kim Force teams up with niece Isabel and hubby
Christian in a fun medley as the morning offertory. Read on for programming
details.
Centering Music: Adam Kent, piano
Scènes d’enfants
Cris dans la rue
Jeunes filles au
jardin
Federico
Mompou
Parc d’attraccions
L’orgue dels cavallets (The Carousel
Organ)
El tumult desvetlla
recorts (The Tumult Awakens Memories)
Polka de l’equilibrista
(The Tightrope Walker’s Polka)
Manuel
Blancafort
Anthem: CUUC Choir directed by Lisa N. Meyer and accompanied by
Georgianna Pappas
Ashokan Farewell
Music by Jay Unger, Lyrics by Grian McGregor,
arr. by Carole Stephens
Offertory: Kim Force and Isabel Armstrong, vocals: Christian Force,
piano
"Get Happy/Happy Days are Here Again”
Harold
Arlen and Ted
Koehler/ Milton Ager and Jack Yellen
Anthem:
The Rhythm of Life
Cy
Coleman & Dorothy Fields, arr. by Richard Barnes
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