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Katelyn Emerson, a York native who has performed around the world, will play Portland’s Kotzschmar Organ during a livestream concert Friday.
Photo by Bernard James
Katelyn Emerson says growing up she was a “glutton for musical punishment” and wanted to play every instrument she could get her hands on.
IF YOU WATCH
WHEN: Livestream 7 p.m. Friday, on demand May 8-31
WHAT: Emerson, a Maine native who has performed around the world, will be play a Mother’s Day weekend concert on Portland’s historic Kotzschmar Organ.
HOW MUCH: $10 minimum
Until one day, while a sophomore in high school, she heard the power of Portland’s mighty Kotzschmar Organ. She was playing flute in a youth orchestra on stage with Ray Cornils, Portland’s municipal organist at the time. Emerson remembers Cornils’ first chord practically drowning out all the other musicians on stage.
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From the secular world to the Church
These musical traditions are plentiful and diverse in style. In synchrony with the expectation of a Savior, greet the return of light to our dark winter and the return of light.
An entire repertoire of secular songs, such as noels and carols, was born in the Middle Ages in Central European, Iberian, Romanesque and Anglo-Saxon countries.
The liturgy often borrowed them to ensure the participation of the faithful. They found their way into choirs initiated by the Lutheran Reformation, Catholic hymns and motets.
From Josquin des Prés to Olivier Messiaen, composers have also drawn from this heritage and enriched it with works of religious or secular inspiration, vocal or instrumental.