Hail Music! The Splendors of Song
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
~ Victor Hugo
“Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.”
~ Hans Christian Andersen
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music is the centerpiece of our salute to music, alongside delightful music by English Baroque composers Henry Purcell (from his Queen Mary Birthday Ode) and John Blow.
Featured, too, is Ireland’s Song of Amergin. Its lyrics comprise the earliest statement of Irish spirituality, set to contemporary music that echoes 16th Century British choral music.
Classic meditations on famous texts about music complete the program, with music by Dan Forrest, Kim Andre Arneson, Mark Sirett, and many more.
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
~Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
~ Victor Hugo
~ Hans Christian Andersen
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music is the centerpiece of our salute to music, alongside delightful music by English Baroque composers Henry Purcell (from his Queen Mary Birthday Ode) and John Blow.
Featured, too, is Ireland’s Song of Amergin. Its lyrics comprise the earliest statement of Irish spirituality, set to contemporary music that echoes 16th Century British choral music.
Classic meditations on famous texts about music complete the program, with music by Dan Forrest, Kim Andre Arneson, Mark Sirett, and many more.
HAIL MUSIC! THE SPLENDORS OF SONG
Friends & Family Concert:
Saturday, April 5, 2025
11:00 AM
Tickets: $15 Adults
Students & Children FREE
Full Concert:
Saturday, May 10, 2025
7:30 PM
Wash Park UCC
400 S. Williams St.
Denver, Co 80209
Ample free parking. Easily reached via the #3 and #12 bus lines.
Tickets: $25 Adults
$20 Seniors (65+)
$15 Students
Friends & Family Concert
Our Friends and Family preview concert is family-friendly, featuring selections from our joyous “Hail Music!” concert in May. With its 1-hour length and low ticket prices, this interactive daytime concert can be an easy, fun-filled highlight of your weekend adventures!
Spotlight
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ beloved Serenade to Music, for 16 solo voices, was written in honor of renowned conductor Sir Henry Wood. It was one of the pieces Leonard Bernstein chose to open Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall (now David Geffen Hall).
Taken from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the text describes how moonlight and music combine to create “the touches of sweet harmony;” and how the stars, each in its separate “orb,” contribute to the heavenly music of the spheres that only angels can hear.
Previous Spring Concerts
