A select group of NEMPAC singers will perform at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell on August 13 at 6:30 PM in a prelude concert ahead of the main performance of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra . The BLO concert includes Debussy’s evocative La Mer, and other music depicting the sea and its creatures are featured in collaboration with the New England Aquarium. The entire concert will end by 9 PM.
Led by Jayson Banton and accompanied by Harriet Hung on piano.
WHO: NEMPAC Summer Singers followed by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra
WHEN: 6:30 PM – NEMPAC, 7 PM – Landmarks
WHERE: DCR Memorial Hatch Shell (along the Charles River)
The NEMPAC Summer Singers will be performing the following pieces:
A-Roving (English sea chanty) arranged by DN
Song of the River by Mark Patterson
Reflections of a Lad at Sea by Don Besig & Nancy Price
Away from the Roll of the Sea
Under The Sea from “The Little Mermaid” arranged by Alan Billingsley
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
In Partnership with the New England Aquarium, Vikki Spruill, President and CEO
Landmarks repertoire includes:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk
Maurice Ravel Une Barque sur l’océan
Paul Gay North Atlantic Sea Songs
Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings
Claude Debussy La Mer
