Charles Kaufmann,
Artistic Director


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The
Longfellow
Chorus



PORTLAND, MAINE, USA



A 215th Birthday comes only once.

​Why not really celebrate?





The
Longfellow
Chorus



PORTLAND, MAINE, USA



The Corporation shall organize and maintain a chorus to perform and record vocal and choral settings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poetry, written from 1840 to the present, shall inspire and commission new vocal and choral settings of Longfellow's poetry, and shall perform choral music of the Romantic and immediate post-Romantic eras, ca. 1825-1920.





"ABSOLUTELY THRILLING!"



"THE LONGFELLOW SETTINGS WERE EXPERTLY AND SENSITIVELY HONED, WITH HEART-WARMING DEDICATION AND MASTERFUL MUSICAL INSIGHT."



"I BELIEVE LONGFELLOW WOULD HAVE BEEN MOVED TO TEARS OF WONDER AND AMAZEMENT AT THE HARVEST OF BEAUTY."



"AN INCREDIBLE, OUTSTANDING AND MOVING PROGRAM."



"LONGFELLOW WAS FLOATING AROUND THE CEILING TO HEAR HIS WORDS, GIVEN ELGAR'S KING OLAF 'READING.' "



"FABULOUS PRODUCTION!"



"THE SYNERGY OF THE CHORUS WITH THE ORCHESTRA AND THE AMAZING SOLOISTS AND DANCERS WAS TRULY WONDERFUL."



"YOU HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF TALENTED AND DEDICATED MUSICIANS."



"THAT WAS A HUGE CONCERT. MY BEING IS THE MORE FULLY ALIVE FOR ITS RESONANCE."



"SPECTACULAR, EDUCATING, INFORMATIVE, MOVING, POWERFUL!"



"WONDERFULLY AND EXCEPTIONALLY DONE!"



"ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT PROGRAMMING."



"IT MADE MY EYES WATER AND MY SPINE TINGLE."



"A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A COMPOSER WHO DESERVES UNIVERSAL AND RENEWED ATTENTION AND RESPECT. GORGEOUS PERFORMANCES!"



"CAPTIVATING . . . MELODIOUS!"



"THE MUSIC WAS SUPERB THE LONGFELLOW ORCHESTRA SIMPLY OUTSTANDING."



"THE CONCERT 'MUSIC FROM THE GILDED AGE' WAS FABULOUS! "



"ORCHESTRA, SOLOISTS AND CHORUS UNITED TO PROVIDE WHAT CAN ONLY BE TERMED A DEFINITIVE PERFORMANCE OF A LITTLE-KNOWN MASTERPIECE."



"WONDERFULLY AND EXCEPTIONALLY DONE!"



"AUTHENTIC AMERICANA AT ITS BEST."



"A GORGEOUS SCORE, ENTHUSIASTICALLY REALISED BY THE LONGFELLOW CHORUS."



"WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE OF A MAJOR SCORE WRONGFULLY SIDE-BARRED BY HISTORY."



"THIS FINE FILM IS TOUCHING, INFORMATIVE, AND INSPIRING."



"A WELL-CRAFTED MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, HISTORY AND MUSIC DRIVEN BY INSPIRATIONAL FILM-MAKING."



"ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE PERFORMANCES!"



"THE LONGFELLOW CHORUS HAS DONE MIRACLES."



Edward Elgar: Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf



Arve Tellefsen plays music by Ole Bull



Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and His Music in America, 1900–1912



Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha.



Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha.



Music from The Gilded Age



Evangeline, or The Belle of Acadia



Evangeline, or The Belle of Acadia



THE
LONGFELLOW
CHORUS





207-232-8920 / PORTLAND, MAINE , USA


director@longfellowchorus.com

Portland, Maine, USA



The Longfellow Chorus