Music of the season to be presented at three concerts around Clallam County beginning Friday
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, December 2, 2015
It is high time to rejoice all across the land, these 25 singers proclaim.
The NorthWest Women’s Chorale will do just that Friday, Saturday and Monday as they present “Gaudete!” — Latin for rejoice! — in a trio of concerts around Clallam County.
Joy Lingerfelt, director of the chorale, chose a variety of challenging works for her singers. The opener, the centuries-old sacred song titled “Gaudete!,” is followed by the Canticles de Navidad from Chile; a set of carols from Latvia and a jazzy rendition of the French “Il Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant” (“He is born, the Holy Child”).
Then there’s the Mass No. 6 from Hungarian composer Gyorgy Orban, a piece Lingerfelt calls “gorgeous.”
This and more music will arrive at venues east, west and in between.
Three concerts
Concerts will be:
■ At the Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 p.m. Friday;
■ Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 250 N. Blackberry Ave. in Forks, at 2 p.m. Saturday;
■ Holy Trinity Lutheran, 301 E. Lopez Ave., Port Angeles, at 7 p.m. Monday.
Admission is a suggested $15 donation, with proceeds to support the NorthWest Women’s Chorale, a nonprofit organization born nine years ago.
The three concerts promise some gospel music, too.
“Go Where I Send Thee” and the spiritual “How Far Is It to Bethlehem?” are on the itinerary, as is “a crowd-pleasing sing-along,” Lingerfelt added.
The chorale’s collaborative pianist, Kristin Quigley Brye, will play for the singers, who come from Port Angeles, Joyce and Sequim.
At a rehearsal Monday night, the women poured themselves into their task, filling the sanctuary at Holy Trinity Lutheran in Port Angeles with song.
Lingerfelt cracked jokes — and urged them to give even more.
“What better way,” she asked, “to chase away the winter darkness?”
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
