 
"Symphony chorus at its finest Sunday"
By CLIFTON J. NOBLE JR. SPRINGFIELD - Sacred Heart Church's soaring sanctuary echoed back the warm, glorious sound of the Springfield Symphony Chorus Sunday afternoon, as director Robert Rene Galvan led his 108 choristers, guest soprano Melissa Raymond, and pianist Nikki Stoia in "Music of the Night," a concert of romantic choral works... Franz Schubert's cantata "Mirjams Siegesgesang" was the final and most substantial piece on the program...The chorus made the "Siegesgesang" (victory song) sound like it was a lot of fun to sing. Even though it fell late in a demanding program, they threw their energy and enthusiasm into its swirling textures and evocative modulations, projecting memorable images even for those who arrived too late to obtain programs with texts and translations... The concert opened with a grand performance of Mendelssohn's "Heilig," its "Holies" descending through the ensemble by thirds, as if from heaven, and then rising to swell Sacred Heart's graceful arches, its final D Major chord reverberating for several seconds after Galvan's cutoff... Galvan's repertoire choices dovetailed auspiciously with his thorough sense of the heroic and romantic in 19th-century music and the talent and enthusiasm of his musicians to produce an engaging, entertaining presentation of great music... Copyright 2003 MassLive.com. All Rights Reserved.
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