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Far Past War
with Members of the Vista Philharmonic Orchestra
Hailstork: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
Read Thomas: Far Past War
Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
April 21, 2024 at 3:00pm
Groton Hill Music Center
122 Old Ayer Road
Groton, MA 01450
This passionate and engaging program showcases the orchestra and chorus through a diverse group of composers. We begin with an energetic and expressive cantata for tenor, chorus and orchestra by the well-known African-American composer Adolphus Hailstork, featuring Tenor Fred C. VanNess, Jr., This is followed by the New England premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’ Far Past War, a work she says is “about bringing peace through nature, both to the self and to the world.” The program concludes with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ masterwork, Dona Nobis Pacem, featuring Baritone Christopheren Nomura, and Soprano Brianna J. Robinson