Melodia Women’s Choir – A Winter’s Welcome – LIVE Concert

LIVE and IN-PERSON!

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20 at 4 PM

Church of the Holy Apostles

296 9th Ave @ 28th St, Chelsea, NYC

Evoke the exquisite transition from fall to winter with a concert of treble music presented by Melodia and spoken word performed by a cast of NYC actors, including Abigail Ramsay, Delphi Harrington, and Christianne Greiert. Selections for the evening include poems by Mary Oliver, Maggie Deitz, William Shakespeare, and Robert Frost, and music by Mel Bonis, Katerina Gimon, Sarah Quartel, Michal McGlynn, John Rutter, and Barry Manilow.

Conducted by Cynthia Powell, Artistic Director, with Allison Sniffin, piano, Emilie-Anne Gendron, violin, and Francesca Ferrara, flute.

Although tickets may be purchased at the door prior to the concert, we STRONGLY encourage that they are bought in advance to avoid crowding upon entering the church. Once inside, masks must be worn at all times by audience members.

Can’t make it in-person? Melodia will be presenting a virtual concert of A Winter’s Welcome on December 17, 8pm. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3tsVyOm

Program for A Winter’s Welcome

Instrumental Prelude
Sérénade – Suite en Trio, Op. 59 – Mélanie Bonis

To Autumn – John Keats
Autumn – Gordon Jacob
November – Maggie Dietz
Autumn Night – Ron Nelson
Autumn Sonnet – May Sarton
When October Goes (with Autumn Leaves) – Joseph Kosma and Barry Manilow
Double, Double Toil and Trouble – William Shakespeare
Fire – Katerina Gimon
Lullaby – Luke Hathaway
Lullaby – Daniel Elder
Spellbound – Emily Brontë
Silent, O Moyle – Traditional, words by Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening – Elliot Z. Levine
The Wind – Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
Blow, blow, thou winter wind – Sarah Quartel
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind – John Rutter, arr. Allison Sniffin

Instrumental Interlude:
Scherzo – Suite en Trio, op. 59 – Mélanie Bonis

Icicles – Janet Frame
When Icicles Hang by the Wall – E. J. Moeran
White Eyes – Mary Oliver
Water Under Snow is Weary – Harri Wessman
Ring Out, Wild Bells – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Vuelie (from Frozen) – Frode Fjellheim and Christophe Beck