Concert 2024

Our eighth concert, Lifecycles took place on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Bellevue, WA. Below you will find links to photos, programs, and samples from the concert.

This season we explored madrigals about life and loss from two composers living two centuries apart: John Wilbye and Robert Pearsall.

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Concert Program

Program notes © 2024, Aaron Giles. Click to download the full program as a PDF.

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Conductor & Coach

Lifecycles was coached and conducted by Giselle Wyers. Giselle is the Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor of Choral Music at the University of Washington, and conducts both the Concord Chamber Choir as well as the professional Solaris Vocal Ensemble.

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Participants

Our 2024 participants (left-to-right): Gail Erickson, Jeremy Kings, Trevor Tsang, Doug Wyatt, Elaine Tsang, Heather Irwin, Elisabeth Baeskens, Dawn Fosse Cook, Giselle Wyers, Aaron Giles, Vera Giles, John LaFond, and Christopher Kruse.

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Concert Videos

Below are some videos of a few works from our 2024 concert: You can also view the full concert via this YouTube playlist.

How bright in the Maytime by Robert Pearsall

Sweet honey-sucking bees / Yet, Sweet, take heed by John Wilbye

Sweet as a flower in May by Robert Pearsall

Flora gave me fairest flowers by John Wilbye

Shoot, false Love, I care not by Robert Pearsall

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Photography by Philip D. Lanum
The Fell Types are digitally reproduced by Igino Marini. www.iginomarini.com