BEST OF MIRA
Sunday, October 23, 4:00 PM PM
Rockfish Presbyterian Church
Route 151, Nellysford, VA
$15 donation suggested
The Charlottesville-based early music ensemble MIRA will be offering a “Best of MIRA” concert performing works spanning the 13th through the 20th century. The concert will be held on Sunday, October 23 at 4:00pm at the Rockfish Presbyterian Church, on Route 151 in Nellysford, at the foot Blue Ridge Mountains.
MIRA has been a favorite of the “First Night Virginia” performers and are regulars at the Staunton Music Festival. They perform annually at Bruton Parrish Church in Colonial Williamsburg, as well as at other highly respected venues. Directed by Raven Hunter, the ensemble will perform works that have been audience and group favorites.
Included in the program is a setting of “Ave Maria” by Loyset Compere, an ethereal and graceful motet from the early Renaissance period; the beautiful six-part anthem “Sing Joyfully” by the great English composer, William Byrd; and a seven-voice setting of the text from the romantic ‘Song of Songs’, “Ego Flos Campi” by Clemens non Papa, as well as a variety of other sacred and secular vocal works. Guest performers, including violinist Justin Esposito well-known for his work with the band Trees on Fire, will be featured on several numbers. The hour-long concert is open to the public with a suggested donation of $15.00. Half of the proceeds will go toward supporting the church’s 2012 mission trip to Guatamala.
MIRA is a vocal ensemble that focuses primarily on the rich polyphony of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, particularly of the English and Flemish schools. MIRA also explores medieval music and works by more contemporary composers such as Benjamin Britten, whose compositions reflect the style of earlier periods.
Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, MIRA was founded in 2006 by director Raven Hunter. The ensemble has performed throughout Virginia, most notably at Historic Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg and as a featured ensemble in the Staunton Music Festival Summer Season. MIRA has also performed as a guest choir for the Evensong service at the Washington National Cathedral.
Booking information: call 434-977-5784 or email us.
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