FREEPORT — The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will celebrate spring with performances in Freeport and Cumberland on May 3 and 4.
Led by Director Virgil Bozeman and accompanist Dorothy Cuprak, the 65-member chorus will present a dozen pieces in a concert titled “Sun Moon Stars Rain.” Members of the chorus are residents of 20 area towns, including Auburn, Durham, Gray, New Gloucester, Pownal and Bowdoin.
“The Last Words of David” is a setting by composer Randall Thompson of words from the Old Testament Book of Samuel. It includes the imagery of “tender grass springing out of the earth” as it is warmed by the sun after rain. The varied program also includes “Sun’s A-Risin’, ” a composition about waking before dawn to tackle farm chores; Irving Berlin’s “I Got the Sun in the Morning,” from the musical “Annie Get Your Gun”; and “Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain,” a piece recorded by the South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
The chorus will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at the Tuttle Road United Methodist Church, 52 Tuttle Road, Cumberland, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the First Parish UCC Church, 40 Main St., Freeport.
Admission is $10 for adults, with anyone 18 or younger admitted free and a per-family maximum of $25. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at Music & Moore, 220 Bath Road, Brunswick, or the Freeport Community Center, 53 Depot St., Freeport.
For more information, visit www.gfccweb.org.
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