Putnam Chorale 2009 Season “Celebrating Haydn”

The Putnam Chorale has been practicing very diligently to bring the community engaging, beautiful music. 

During the upcoming fall 2009 season, the Chorale will perform with guest soloists, and a professional orchestra all under the direction of Douglas Anderson.

The fall season’s main performances are scheduled for: Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 8pm at the First United Methodist Church, Main Street in Brewster, NY  and on Sunday,  November 15, 2009, at 3pm at the Mt. Kisco United Methodist Church, 300 Main Street, Mount Kisco, NY.

This concert series emphasizes the compound influences that build between these greatest composers of all time.

(Franz) Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was an Austrian composer. He was one of the most important, prolific and prominent composers of the classical period. He is often called the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet” because of his important contributions to these genres. He was also instrumental in the development of the piano trio and in the evolution of sonata form.

In his later travels, Mr. Haydn was greatly influenced by the work of Handel, a “cosmopolitan” composer strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque era, as well as the English composer Henry Purcell. Mr. Haydn also encountered a much younger Beethoven and became one of his teachers.  He was also a close friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and one of the leading champions of his work.

HAYDN: Lord Nelson Mass (Mass in D)
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasy, with piano soloist LAURENCE WILSON           
MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus
HANDEL: Zadok, the Priest   

Save the date for these performances (details to follow):

NOVEMBER 14, 2009, 8pm,First United Methodist Church, Main Street in Brewster
NOVEMBER 15, 2009, 3pm, Mt. Kisco United Methodist Church, 300 Main Street, Mount Kisco
DECEMBER 5, 2009, 7:30 pm, Brewster:  Free Family Holiday Concert
DECEMBER 12, 2009, 8:00 pm; Carmel: Handel’s MESSIAH Sing Along

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