Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Weill/Brecht cantata comes to Stow

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Charles Lindbergh and The Spirit of St. Louis

The Collings Foundation Aviation Museum in Stow hosted the opening performance of The Cantata Singers' season on Sunday. The concert featured the area premiere of a radio cantata by composer Kurt Weill (text by Bertolt Brecht) from 1928-9 entitled "The Lindbergh Flight," the subject, you probably have guessed, is Charles Lindbergh's famous 1927 transatlantic flight. Hence the setting for the performance in the Collings Foundation Aviation Museum's hangar.



The review by The Boston Globe's Jeremy Eichler, which features a photo of the unusual concert setting, can be found here.



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