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Year 33, No. 25

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Glencairn Museum Presents Elizabeth Pitcairn in Concert Performing with Famous “Red Violin” March 18 enowned American violin virtuoso Elizabeth Pitcairn returns to Bryn Athyn to perform in concert with her legendary “Red Violin” in the Great Hall at Glencairn Museum on Sunday, March 18. The concert playlist includes selections from Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss and Henryk Wieniawski.

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Elizabeth Pitcairn will perform with the well-known Stradivarius Red Violin at Glencairn Museum, Sunday, March 18, 2018. Photo/Christian Steiner

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The concert begins at 3 p.m. (doors open at 2:30) and seating is limited. General admission $20, $15 students & Basic Members, free for Gold and Patron Members. Advance tickets, and reserved seating for Patron Members only, available through March 15: visit the Museum or call 267-5022990. After March 15 tickets will be sold only at the door the day of the concert. Celebrated as one of America’s most beloved violin soloists, Pitcairn has toured the world with her Red Mendelssohn. As an artist and performer, she is known for musical interpretations that touch audiences on a deeply emotional level. She is joined by pianist Louise Thomas. For information, visit www.glencairnmuseum.org or call 267-502-2990. Glencairn Museum See Glencairn Museum Presents Elizabeth Pitcairn in Concert on page 5

Arn Chorn-Pond will be discussing his survival experience and his lifelong humanitarian work on Sunday, March 4, at Montgomery County Community College’s 2018 Richard K. Bennett Distinguished Lectureship for Peace & Social Justice. n the 1970s when Arn Chorn-Pond was only 11 years old, he was taken to a work camp during Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime, where he witnessed torture, starvation and even cannibalism. To save his life, he played the flute to entertain the soldiers. Fortunately, he was able to escape into the jungle. He wandered into Thailand and was taken to a refugee camp and later adopted. Chorn-Pond will be discussing his survival experience and

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March 18 at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Rutter’s joyful Gloria, composed he Bach Choir of Bethle20 years later, contains fanfares hem performs its spring aplenty and a rhapsodically lyriconcert, “A Celebration of cal middle movement. Lauridthe Choral Arts,” at Bryn Mawr sen’s stunningly evocative comPresbyterian Church on Sunday, positions offer challenging and March 18 at 4 p.m. in the Sanccrystalline music for choir and tuary. The church is located at piano. 625 Montgomery Avenue in Bryn Mawr. The Bach Choir of Bethlehem As part of his 35th season, performs its spring concert, Greg Funfgeld directs two fes“A Celebration of the Choral tive master-works for choir and Arts,” at Bryn Mawr brass by William Walton and Presbyterian Church on John Rutter, combined with J.S. Sunday, March 18 at 4 p.m. Bach’s Cantata 118 O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (O Jesus Christ, “I’m very excited about this light of my life), and Morten combination of pieces, their Lauridsen’s earliest choral cycle, power and beauty, and the rich the Mid-Winter Songs on poetry variety they represent,” Funfgeld by Robert Graves. The concert said. “There is truly something gives eloquent expression to both for everyone!” cosmic praise and deep intimacy. The oldest American Bach Choir, Fans of “The Crown” TV series The Bach Choir of Bethlehem will especially enjoy Walton’s ebullient Coronation Te Deum, which was composed for the coronation of Queen gave the first complete American performances of Bach’s Mass in B Minor Elizabeth in 1953, and features lush double-choir writing and infectious rhythm. See The Bach Choir of Bethlehem to Perform page 4

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