The following page lists all of the information for the Lyric Consort 2009-2010 Season.  To view and print a one-page "Season at a Glance" document, please click here.  This document, as well as the posters and press releases linked below, is in Adobe PDF format, and requires Adobe Reader to view.  Adobe Reader can be downloaded and installed free from Adobe. Dear Friends, On the page below are listed all of our events for the 2009-2010 season.  You'll quickly notice that the season is marked by a pronounced deviation from the programming we've pursued over the past fourteen years.  Rather than construct musical compilations around a central theme, we are employing the model of a fine dining experience.  In short, each of our new programs reflect our grouping of a wide variety of musical tastes and textures, selected to form FOUR OUTSTANDING MUSICAL MENUS.  Moving from small "appetizers," they each advance to more substantial "main course fare" and "accompaniments" before relaxing into delectable "desserts." Of course, each of these programs will be served up in the outstanding ambience and church acoustics of St.  Stephen's Wilkes-Barre and St.  Luke's Scranton. We begin on Friday, October 30th (W-B) and Saturday, November 1st (Scranton) with an autumnal feast of love and nature songs, Americana, and jazz standards, all surrounding Benjamin Britten's remarkable "Hymn to St. Cecilia." Join us on December 13th (Scranton) and 18th (W-B) for a "buffet" of favorite holiday carols and art music.  Our midwinter musical menu, offered on Friday, March 26th (W-B) and Saturday, March 27th (Scranton) includes renaissance and contemporary madrigals on the theme of "fire," spirituals, a set of choral variations on the Lenten chorale "Ah, Holy Jesus," a musical rumination on righteousness by the great romantic Anton Bruckner, and a variety of British folk and popular songs.  Our closing spring menu for Friday, May 14th (W-B) and Sunday, May 16th (Scranton) will move from Gershwin's immortal "Embraceable You" and settings from the Old Testament "Song of Songs," to American folk songs and musical "calls to the dance." Our featured entrée will be a repeat performance of Eric Whitacre's incredible "Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine." In this our fifteenth season, we continue to seek only the same low $10.00 admission we have charged since our first concerts in 1994.  We also offer free admission to all students with valid, current ID, and as fellow lovers of art music, we hope you applaud these efforts to cultivate the next generation of listeners and performers.  Of course, all of this is possible, in the main because of your own generosity and vision, and to that end we hope you will consider again making a tax-deductible contribution in support of the season.  As a Lyric Consort "Angel," your name or dedication will be listed in each of the season's printed "menus." We hope to see you in this another great season of the finest in acappella music. "Bon Appétit!" Friday, October 30, 2009 ~8:00 pm St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre General Admission: $10.00 Sunday, November 1, 2009 ~3:00 pm St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton General Admission: $10.00 Program  |  Press Release  |  Poster  |  Order Tickets Sunday, December 13, 2009 ~3:00 pm St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton General Admission: $10.00 Friday, December 18, 2009 ~8:00 pm St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre General Admission: $10.00 Program  |  Press Release  |  Poster  |  Order Tickets Friday, March 26, 2010 ~8:00 pm St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre General Admission: $10.00 Saturday, March 27, 2010 ~8:00 pm St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton General Admission: $10.00 Program  |  Press Release  |  Poster  |  Order Tickets Friday, May 14, 2010 ~8:00 pm St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral, Wilkes-Barre General Admission: $10.00 Sunday, May 16, 2010 ~3:00 pm St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton General Admission: $10.00 Program  |  Press Release  |  Poster  |  Order Tickets