…to see Camerata in the movies :-) And to have the film win one of the three major festival awards. We had a great time at our annual after party, where we announced the 2014 winners! Thanks to Tasty Burger Harvard Square for sponsoring the event.
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“A Chair Fit for an Angel” wins at MassIFF
A new documentary film featuring music and onscreen performance by The Boston Camerata has just won an important award at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival. In a Harvard Square ceremony, “A Chair Fit for an Angel,” by director Raymond Saint Jean, was named Best Documentary!
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ANOTHER AWARD FOR THE NEW FILM!
Last night, August 9, at the Massachusetts International Film Festival, “A Chair for an Angel” was named Best Documentary Film at the Harvard Square ceremony. Joel Cohen was there to accept the award on behalf of director Raymond Saint Jean, the production crew and the performing artists, and to bring home, as compensation, a few ounces of bubbly. Congratulations to all!
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TODAY! FRIDAY AUGUST 8 NOON! SEE YOU THERE?
A Chair Fit For an Angelat Brattle Theatre, dir: Raymond St Jean [75 min]
A feast for the eyes, A Chair Fit For An Angel explores the cultural heritage of the American Shakers through dance, singing, architecture, woodworking, and features artists who keep their legacy alive.
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More Award Nominations For The New Film
We learned today that “A Chair Fit for an Angel,” featuring musical performances by the Boston Camerata, has been nominated for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography at the 2014 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival. The film has already won two of these distinctions from a Canadian festival.
And a reminder: the Massachusetts première takes place Friday, August 8, at noon, at the famous Brattle Theater, Cambridge.
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OUR 2014-2015 SEASON TICKLES THE MEDIA
From this morning’s Boston Globe:
The Boston Camerata gets off to an early start on Aug. 10 with “Verdant Grove,” a gathering of early-American song. The centerpiece in fall is “The Play of Daniel,” an exploration of the biblical hero in music from the Middle Ages (Nov. 21 and 23). This year’s holiday offering is “An American Christmas,” one of its most popular programs (Dec. 18-20). The group has a residency at MIT, with a March 6 concert, and reprises its interfaith program, “A Sacred Bridge,” on March 29.
Songs of the young republic
Wicked Local Newburyport writes about the upcoming Newburyport Chamber Music Festival, and Boston Camerata’s presentation of “Verdant Grove: Nature and The Seasons in Early New England” on Sunday, August 10.
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Featuring “A Chair Fit for an Angel”
with The Boston Camerata, at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA., August 8.
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NEW FILM GETS U.S. PREMIERE AT THE MAINE FILM FESTIVAL!
This grab shot from Sunday’s Waterville, Maine, festival event reunites some of the creative team behind “A Chair Fit for an Angel”. We were especially delighted by Philippe, the film editor, who came down to see it from Montréal on his motorcycle. The rest of us chose more prosaic means of locomotion to arrive at the theater…a lively question period followed the screening, and we think the film, which has already won two awards in Canada, is going to generate a lot of interest in the coming months.
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“THE CAMERATA’S WONDERFUL PROGRAM”
David Weininger reviews “Boston Camerata at Old West Church” in the Boston Globe.