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| May 19, 2005 - Hearing The Exultation of Exodus |
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From Washington Jewish Week Hearing the Exultation of Exodus (By Aaron Leibel, arts editor) Listening to a new composition, the audience at Sunday's NoVaShir Choral Festival in Fairfax may be able to relive the Israelites' walk across the parted Red Sea in their exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago. "The piece has parts layered on, combining several melodies together to reach the climax of crossing the sea," says festival coordinator Carol Boyd Leon, discussing "Sea Chanty" which she composed and Adrian A. Durlester arranged for the third annual NoVaShir concert. "People will hear what sounds like bagpipes in the piano accompaniment, a hornpipe in the voices of the sopranos and the excitement, waves (of the sea) and exultation that were part of our passage through the sea," Leon says. The Burke resident traces the festival's origins to the formation of the Olam Tikvah Chorale three years ago. "I heard from its members that they wanted to sing for the community," says the group's director. "Therefore, I created a venue for them." In addition to that group, seven others will perform this year. "People attending the concert will enjoy hearing eight Jewish choirs from Northern Virginia singing their hearts out on songs they love to sing," she says. |
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