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Shaking Complacency - Portland String Quartet
Opening night reflects upon the pursuit of affirmation, awakening, struggle, and deep gratitude through musical expression. The Portland String Quartet and soprano Luette Saul perform works spanning three centuries including Maine composer Supply Belchers The Harmony of Maine (1794), Elder Joseph Bracketts Simple Gifts (1848), Tom Myrons Kathe Kollwitz (1998), and the profound late Beethoven Quartet Op. 132 (1825).
The Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions provides a rare opportunity to experience Shaker music and history in the context of the wider world of classical and folk music, while also celebrating American musicians, composers, historians and craftsmen. The Shakers host the festival with all concerts taking place in their 1794 Meeting House, one of Maines most beautiful and acoustically superb venues for vocal and instrumental performances.
Shaker music, received mostly by spiritual inspiration rather than deliberate composition, is a product of one of Americas most unique communal religious experiences. The majority of Shaker songs originate from the mid-19th century and have been preserved by the Shakers through oral tradition. There were at one time in excess of 25,000 Shaker songs and, today, as many as 1000 remain a part of the active repertoire of the Sabbathday Lake Shakers. One of these living songs, Simple Gifts has achieved lasting significance outside of the Shaker Church. Written originally in 1848 by Maines Elder Joseph Brackett, Simple Gifts in its best known adaptations has been used by Aaron Copland to create Appalachian Spring and by Martha Graham for her avant-garde dance performance The Shakers. By its quintessential nature, this song ties together the performances presented throughout the Maine Festival of American Music.
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LocationSabbathday Lake Shaker Village (View)
707 Shaker Rd
New Gloucester, ME 04260
United States
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Kid Friendly: Yes! |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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