<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><br><div><div style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><div><div><div><div><div><font style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"></font><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">From: </b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"Communications" <comm@mbl.edu></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div></div><br><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p class="MsoNormal">YOU ARE INVITED to attend THE FIRST <strong>MBL FALMOUTH FORUM</strong> of the 2011-2012 season,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">a unique, intellectually stimulating and musically gorgeous event,<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><strong>the PREMIERE of </strong></font><i style=""><font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Missa
Charles Darwin -- </span></font><br></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">a multi-movement composition scored for unaccompanied
male vocal quartet by composer Greg Brown</p><p class="MsoNormal">http://www.mbl.edu/events/falmouthforum/events_fal_forum11_18_11.html</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><strong>performed by New York Polyphony</strong></font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Early Music’s Fab Four”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3254">Friday, November 18</span><sup>th</sup> at 7:30 PM</font></p><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
</span></font><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">Lillie Auditorium </font></p><font size="3"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
</span></font><p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3">7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All MBL Falmouth Forum presentations are open to the public and FREE of charge.<br></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Composer Gregory Brown will speak about the development of <i style="">Missa Charles Darwin</i>, illustrated by
musical examples performed live by <i style="">New
York Polyphony</i>, followed by the premier performance of the complete piece.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Based on the standard five-movement structure of the Mass,
the <i>Missa Charles Darwin</i> honors the compositional and harmonic
conventions of its musical antecedents. Unlike traditional Mass settings,
however, the sacred texts have been replaced with excerpts from <i>On The
Origin Of Species</i>, <i>The Descent of Man</i>, and Darwin's correspondence.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;">Go
to mbl.edu/falmouthforum for the complete schedule of the MBL Falmouth Forum
2<span class="" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3255"><a href="callto:+1011-2012" target="_blank">011-2012</a></span> season. For more information contact the MBL Communications Office at
<span class="" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3256"><a href="callto:+1%28508%29%20289-7423" target="_blank">(508) 289-7423</a></span> or <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT3257">comm@mbl.edu</span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>