CONCORD – Concord Community Music School’s Virtual Spring Series wraps up next week, with a Bach’s Lunch Concert, “Danika the Rose – A Musical Fairytale,” on Thursday, June 10, at 12:00 noon.

Danika the Rose – A Musical Fairytale

Sarah Shafer, soprano; Jazimina MacNeil, mezzo soprano; Jonathan Ware, piano; & Odds Bodkin, narrator; with Brett Ashley Robinson as Danika

Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 12:00 Noon

Using composer Antonín Dvořák’s sublime Moravian duets as inspiration, the inimitable New Hampshire storyteller Odds Bodkin collaborated with Concord Community Music School faculty member Jazimina MacNeil to craft an original fairytale, Danika the Rose, which is woven throughout the musical performance of Dvořák’s duets. An unshakable kinship with the natural world, a courageous heroine, and love triumphant unite in a melding of story and song for our tumultuous time. This recording of the first-of-its-kind performance was made on May 23 at the American Philosophical Society’s Benjamin Franklin Hall, and is being shared with Concord Community Music School courtesy of the artists and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.

To reserve your seat for “Danika the Rose” on June 10, click here or call 603-228-1196.

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society created a beautiful illustrated program to accompany the livestream, with lyric translations by Jazimina MacNeil; click here to download (PDF).

Please note that this concert replaces the originally scheduled “Sweet Lovers Love the Spring” with Jazimina MacNeil and Kathryn Southworth.

Thank you for considering a donation as you register for this Bach’s Lunch presentation, in honor of the Music School’s commitment to supporting its faculty and its tradition of free concerts, open to all. The Bach’s Lunch Series is sponsored by The Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund.

For more information, please call 603-228-1196 or visit www.ccmusicschool.org.