The Serenade ensemble associated with the Masterworks Chorale will present the world premiere of “BE NEAR ME,” my SATB setting of a poem by Alfred Tennyson, on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at 8pm, at the Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco. Also on the program will be ten additional new choral works by living composers: Adrienne Albert, John Beeman, John Bilotta, Monica Chew, I’lana Cotton, Peter Deutsch, Brian Field, Mary Fineman, Nancie Kester and Sheli Nan.
The text for Be Near Me is Canto 50 from the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by the British Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson (1809 -1892). Published in 1850, the poem is an extended requiem for the poet’s beloved friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1833, age 22. It is considered one of the greatest poems of the 19th Century and was reported to be a great favorite of Queen Victoria.
A score video, with recording by Sarah Brailey & Matthew Curtis of Choral Tracks, my be viewed here: https://youtu.be/eWIjaUIJlnU.
Unfortunately, due to emergency eye surgery that I had last week, I am not able to attend. So if you attend, please send me a report! gregbartholomew (at) mac.com
Greg Bartholomew
www.gregbartholomew.com
1751 Sacramento St
San Francisco, California United States
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