Newly formed Quire Cleveland will focus on a cappella early music
Written by CASA NewsLink
Friday, 23 May 2008
Cleveland is about to acquire Quire Cleveland, a professional choral ensemble devoted largely to a cappella works from the late medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras. The group's music director will be Peter Bennett, a British-born music faculty member at Case Western Reserve University and a conductor-scholar with extensive experience in early music.
The 18-member Quire, whose name is a 16th-century spelling of choir, will make its debut Wednesday, Sept. 24, at St. John Cathedral in downtown Cleveland with "Sing Joyfully!" The free program will comprise sacred choral music from Tudor England, including William Byrd's Mass for Four Voices and pieces by Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Weelkes.
