GRAMMY® Award-winning male-voiced “orchestra of voices” Chanticleer makes their much-anticipated return to Newport after a sold-out concert during the 2021 Festival. Called Music of a silent world, this program features songs of the natural world and gives a voice to the rocks, stones, trees, and rivers that share the planet with us. Works include music by Stephen Sondheim, Heinrich Isaac, and Joni Mitchell, and a new commission from Chanticleer’s composer in residence, Ayanna Woods.
“The singing of Chanticleer is breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color and swagger of style.” – The Boston Globe
PROGRAM:
WEILL Lost in the Stars
(arr. Gene Puerling)
REGER Abendständchen, Op. 83, No. 3
CARMICHAEL Stardust
(arr. Jared Graveley)
ISAAC Cibavit eos
ISAAC Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
SONDHEIM I Remember
(arr. Joseph Jennings)
MAJEL CONNERY I Am a Tree from The Rivers are our Brothers
(arr. Majel Connery and Doug Balliett)
AYANNA WOODS I miss you like I miss the trees
REGER Abschied, Op. 83, No. 9
RONELL Willow Weep for Me
(arr. Joseph Jennings)
MAJEL CONNERY I Am a River from The Rivers are our Brothers
(arr. Majel Connery and Doug Balliett)
PETER GABRIEL Washing of the Water
(arr. Mason Bates)
MAJEL CONNERY I Am the Air from The Rivers and our Brothers
(arr. Majel Connery and Doug Balliett)
REGER Hochsommernacht, Op. 83, No. 5
REGER Eine gantz neue Schelmweys, Op. 83, No. 6
MAJEL CONNERY I Am a Cloud from The Rivers Are Our Brothers
(arr. Majel Connery and Doug Balliett)
JONI MITCHELL Both Sides Now
(arr. Vince Peterson)
+ Additional songs to be announced from the stage
*Program subject to change. Full program notes available the week before the concert.
