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Concert bringing the force of nature to Red Deer Lake this week

The Calgary Women’s Chorus performs March 24 in ‘Mother Nature Speaks’ with global rhythms and Ian Tyson’s ‘Four Strong Winds’
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The Calgary Women's Chorus performs March 24 at Red Deer Lake United Church in the On the Edge concert series.

The Calgary Women’s Chorus (CWC) is bringing its concert Mother Nature Speaks to the Red Deer Lake United Church this weekend.

“It’s a really evocative concert, it’s honestly one of the most well-designed they have ever put on,” said CWC artistic director Cody Obst.

Part of the On the Edge concert series, the Friday, March 24 performance will feature a spread of contemporary music and classics following a common thread.

“All the pieces in this concert are a tribute to nature or to the power of all the different forces of nature,” said Obst, adding the group will be accompanied by a full band, including a soprano saxaphone, flute, organ, bass, drum set and percussion section.

“We’ve got this entire instrumental ensemble, we have rhythms in this concert from South America, from Africa, we’re singing an Armenian piece.”

That Armenian song, titled Loosin Yelav, is a vocal tribute to the moon.

“We have a piece called As the Rain Hides the Stars, and the piano really symbolizes the rain falling,” Obst said. “We have a piece called Kicking Horse River that symbolizes this wild river in British Columbia.”

Also chambered is a tribute to the late Ian Tyson with a choral arrangement of Four Strong Winds, as well as arrangements by Canadian organist Paul Halley and saxophonist Paul Winter.

“So here’s this Anglican organist in this major cathedral in the middle of New York City, and he’s experimenting and combining that sacred music with world music,” Obst said. “That’s what’s going to be featured at this concert: a choral sound with world music rhythms.

“We are combining some pop music into this concert, we’re also singing a Billy Joel piece, Good Night My Angel, and we have a soloist who's going to sing a piece by Sting, Fields of Gold.

“The audience is going to get a really high-octane experience, with all those instruments joining forces with the choir.”

Tickets can be found at reddeerlakeuc.com/tickets and doors open for the 7:30 p.m. show at 6 p.m. 




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