February 28, 2008
Shakespeare Concerts return to Clark
The 2008 season of The Shakespeare Concerts, presented by Boston's Foundation for Modern Opera, will features music set to the text of the world's pre-eminent dramatist and poet, William Shakespeare. Concerts will take place at This sixth season of concerts in Worcester and Boston will feature the world premiere of "If Music Be the Food of Love," a setting of the entire first scene of "Twelfth Night" for four singers, four horns and string quintet by series' founder, Joseph Summer. Other performances will include music by Francis Poulenc, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber, and Erich Korngold, set to text from "Hamlet," "The Merchant of Venice," "Othello," "As You Like It," and "Anthony and Cleopatra."
The concerts will also feature international award-winning Czech pianist Miroslav Sekera; Boston-based string quartet QX; singers Patrice Tiedemann, soprano, Kellie Van Horn, mezzo, Alan Schneider, tenor, and Paul Soper, baritone; French horn players Carolyn Cantrell, Laura Klock, Kimberly Harriman, Joseph Walker, and Robert Nairn; and John McGinn, music director and assistant professor of music at Clark University.
For further information, contact the ClarkArts Events Office, 508-793-7356, or visit http://www.shakespeareconcerts.com/