Cambridge Community Chorus concert, Sunday, December 12, 2010, at Kresge Auditorium. Jamie Kirsch, Music Director.
It was a good concert. (And a packed auditorium, on a rainy afternoon! Probably at least 500-600 people.) I especially liked the lively Navidad Nuestra, by the Argentine composer Ariel Ramirez. I loved the combination of the South American folk melodies, guitars, and the real immediacy of the Nativity text. Ramirez's lyrics moved me in their earnestness and simplicity. Here is two lines from the second movement, The Pilgrimage:
On the road, on the road,
suns and moons,
almond eyes,
olive skin.
Oh, little burro of the plains,
Oh, ruddy ox.
My child is coming,
make room for him!
Mary comes alive as a young flesh and blood woman. Usually, she is depicted as a divine being, without human form. Ramirez's lyricist was Felix Luna. What a wonderful text.
The Chorus did a nice job, making it a lively afternoon.
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