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Music Composed to Commemorate Historical Events

with Joe Marchio
Mondays, at 10 am, EDT 
November 4, 2024 - January 20, 2025
 
Registration Status: OPEN
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Throughout the ages, music has been used to mark important historical events and milestones. Music has been written to celebrate and lament wars and battles, truces and peace treaties, coronations and birthdays, just to name a few. This 10-week course explores some great musical works written to commemorate important world events. We will explore music by Britten, Bernstein, Handel, Brahms, Beethoven, Williams and more. Musical works that commemorate battles, birthdays, and even the Olympics!  We will also look at a recent, Pulitzer Prize winning opera by composer, Kevin Puts, that tells the story of the temporary December 14 truce between German and English soldiers on the WWI battlefield. You can view the complete list of composers and musical works below to be discussed during the journey.

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Week 1 – November 4: Commemorative Fanfares!
     - Fanfare for the Common Man (WWII) – Aaron Copland
     - Olympic Fanfare (1984 Olympics) – John Williams
     - Summon the Heroes (1996 Olympics) – John Williams
     - Yale-Princeton Football Game (1897 game) – Charles Ives


Week 2 – November 18: Consecration of Coventry Cathedral
     - War Requiem – Benjamin Britten


Week 3 – November 25: Napoleon! (Part I)
     - Symphony No. 3 – Ludwig van Beethoven
     - Missa in angustiis (Mass for troubled times) “Nelson Mass”-    Franz Joseph Haydn

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Week 4 – December 2: Napoleon! (Part II)
     - 1812 Overture – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky


Week 5 – December 9: Happy 100th Birthday Boston Symphony Orchestra
     - Divertimento – Leonard Bernstein


Week 6 – December 16: An English Coronation!
     - Coronation Anthems (George II and Queen Caroline) – George Frederick Handel
     - Sanctus (Charles III) – Roxanna Panufnik
     - Agnus Dei – (Charles III) Tarik O’Regan
     - Make a Joyful Noise (Charles III) – Andrew Lloyd Webber


Week 7 – December 23: Christmas Truce of 1914
     - Silent Night – Kevin Puts


Week 8 – December 30: Fire and Water!
     - Water Music Suites – George Frederick Handel
     - Music for the Royal Fireworks – George Frederick Handel


Week 9 – January 13: September 11, 2001
     - On the Transmigration of Souls – John Adams


Week 10 - January 20: "Compose a fine symphony for us!"
     - Tragic Overture – Johannes Brahms
     - Academic Festival Overture – Johannes Brahms

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Hosts

YOUR HOSTS

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Joe Marchio
Instructor & Guide

Joe Marchio is a graduate of the College of Wooster, where he earned both a Bachelor’s degree in organ performance and a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies. He earned a Master of Divinity degree at the Yale University Institute of Sacred Music, and a Master of Music degree in choral conducting at the Boston Conservatory. Joe became Music Director of the Chatham Chorale in 2010. He is also the Pastor and Director of Music of the First Congregational Church of Chatham.

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Joan Hill
Owner, Host, & Director

Years ago, it was suggested to Joan that she might offer an art program, and she jumped at the chance of a lifetime. Bringing together all of her life's passions, the development and administration of Artful Journeys is an exhilarating process for Joan.

 

Joan was born and raised in the apple country of the Hudson River Valley in New York; her father was a gentle, very tolerant, educated land surveyor, and her mother was the efficient business administrator and home engineer. The youngest of four children, Joan was encouraged to pursue anything she wanted, but also to do her best. Sometimes that was very difficult, especially succeeding three very accomplished siblings.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

Explore:
Gain more historical context surrounding wonderful compositions - and help yourself to listen more interestedly. Each session will last about one hour, with a 45-minute talk followed by Q&A.
 
Accommodations:

Your armchair in the comfort of your home & a good cuppa...
Your computer, tablet, or mobile device 

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JOURNEY COST

Cost

  • Each session will cost $20 or listen to the entire series of 10 for $150

  • PayPal is preferred; however, we do take checks   

  • Upon receipt of payment, you will receive an email with the link to the lecture with instructions on how to login

To register for a session or the series, please click below:

A Zoom link will be provided by email within 24 hours of each meeting.

For details or questions, please click here to contact Joan Hill.
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