CUC Music: Sun Mar 8

Canvass Kick-off Sunday at CUC includes "a musical extravaganza," (in the words of Rev. Meredith Garmon). Musical guests violinist Elena Peres and cellist Michael Nicolas team up with Adam Kent in excerpts from Schubert’s Piano Trio in Eb Major, one of the masterworks of the chamber music repertory. The work can be enjoyed in its entirety at Sunday afternoon’s Music at CUC Chamber Music Gems concert at 3pm.

CUC’s Choir is also on hand, along with additional vocal selections by chorister Kim Force and CUC members Josie and Louisa Blatt.

Prelude: Elena Peres, violin; Michael Nicolas, cello; Adam Kent, piano

I. Allegro and IV. Allegro moderato (excerpt)
from Franz Schubert, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in Eb Major, Op. 100

Choral Anthem: CUC Choir, directed by Lisa N. Meyer, accompanied by Georgianna Pappas

"Gaudeamus Hodie"*
Earlene Rentz

*Translation: Let us rejoice today! Hallelujah! Rejoice, hallelujah!

Song: Josie and Louisa Blatt, sopranos

"We’re All In This Together"
Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil

Song: Kim Force, soprano

"Anthem"
Leonard Cohen

Offertory: Elena Peres, violin; Michael Nicolas, cello; Adam Kent, piano

III. Scherzando: Allegro moderato
from Franz Schubert, Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello in Eb Major, Op. 100

Choral Anthem: CUC Choir

"There Will Come Soft Rains" 

Ruth Morris Gray, words by Sara Teasdale