By Dan Breau
Local music ensemble presents a 25th anniversary program of music and dance at Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, N.J.
In a program entitled The Music of Dance, Baroque Suites to the Sweet & Saucy Tango, the Highland Park Recorder Society and guest artists, in collaboration with the Germantown Country Dancers, the Practitioners of Musick, and the iHOPE Children’s Choir, will perform, in celebration of their 25th anniversary year, a program of Baroque and Latin American instrumental music, song and dance on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at 3:00 P.M. at Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N.J. Admission is $10. Children 12 and under free.
The program showcases a mix of styles: It presents dance music from elegant Baroque suites played for royalty, including Les Concerts Royaux of Francois Couperin, the Royal Fireworks of Handel, and an Italian fandango of Boccherini for classical guitar, to be performed by classical guitarist Leighann Nahrum and harpsichordist Minju Lee. The concert also includes music of Zipoli for recorder, strings, harpsichord and soprano singer, sung by Christina Suh, member of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, and English Baroque dances by the Germantown Country Dancers in Regency costumes, to the accompaniment of virtuosic recorder and harpsichord music by the Practitioners of Musick, John Burkhalter of Princeton and Minju Lee.
The program also features Latin styles, such as the famous Afro-Cuban based mambo, the Peanut Vendor (El Manicero), Argentinian tangos of Piazzolla and Villoldo, and a 20-25 member Korean children’s choir, age 4-10, performing samba music, and singing a Korean folksong (sung in Korean), conducted by Christina Suh. They will be accompanied by a Korean folk percussion instrument. The concert will culminate in a tutti rendition of Corelli’s “La Follia” especially arranged for this occasion by Music and Artistic Director, harpsichordist Minju Lee.
For more information: The Highland Park Recorder Society, 431 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904. Phone: 732-828-7421 or email: recorderdonna@hotmail.com.
Crossroads Theatre was made available through the generosity of Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of Chosen Freeholders and the New Brunswick Cultural Center. This program or service is funded in part by Middlesex Board of Chosen Freeholders, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission with assistance thru a grant provided by New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. For more information, see www.hprecorder.org or contact danbreau100@hotmail.com or 732-236-0775 or recorderdonna@hotmail.com.
