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Next Up: Memorial Day concerts May 25 and May 30 in Rockland and Blue Hill, respectively, featuring Schubert's Mass in G.

2008 - 2009 Season

Down East Singers (DES), directed by Anthony Antolini, began its 29th season with two festive December Feast Music performances at the Rockport Opera House featuring J.S. Bach's exuberant Magnificat in D with professional orchestra, including the seldom heard Christmas carol additions. Soloists were DES members Sarah Tuttle, Stephanie Lawler, Rachel Turner, Dustin Batley and Richard Fiske. Special guests on the program were the Lincoln Academy Lincolnaires, of Newcastle, directed by Beth Preston, who sang seasonal works they had prepared and joined with DES in performing the Magnificat. DES also performed Gospodi pomiluy (Lord, Have Mercy) by Grigory Lvovsky, Hold On!, a spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan, and Go Where I Send Thee arranged by Nick Page, with solo by DES soprano Mary Carpenter.

On Monday, May 25, 2009, DES will present Schubert's Mass in G and works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Kastalsky, and Kedroff for its annual Memorial Day observation at Rockland Congregational Church. That concert will be repeated the following Saturday, May 30, at Blue Hill Congregational Church as part of the Vanderkay Summer Music Series. Schubert wrote the Mass in G when he was a teenager and directed its premiere performance at his home parish in Vienna in 1817. Scored for chorus, soloists, string orchestra and organ, it is filled with some of his most lyrical melodies and radiates a warm, soothing optimism. 

And from July 23 to August 7, 2009, members of DES will join the Rachmaninoff Choir, directed by Anthony Antolini, on a concert tour to Belgrade, Serbia; Sofia, Bulgaria; and Thessaloniki, Lesvos, and Athens, Greece.

Would you like to travel with the Rachmaninoff Choir next summer and hear them sing in Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece? There are a few places left; if interested, please contact Anthony Antolini by EMAIL.

For information on membership in Down East Singers, please refer to the About Us page of this site.

For further information about Down East Singers, you may call 207-273-2471 or email us.