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色花堂app Choirs Mid-Winter Concert set Feb. 21

February 14, 2020

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POCATELLO – 色花堂app’s School of Performing Arts presents the ISU Choirs’ Mid-Winter Concert on Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. 

The concert will feature the ISU Chamber Choir and the ISU Concert Choir; both will be conducted by Scott Anderson, ISU director of choral activities.

鈥淭he ISU Chamber Choir and ISU Concert Choir will perform music in a wide variety of styles, languages and composers,鈥 Anderson said. 鈥淭here are several choral pieces that will take advantage of the beautiful acoustics of Jensen Hall and also feature the artistry of our pianist, Natalia Lauk.鈥 

The 24-voice ISU Chamber Choir will perform Jan P. Sweelinck鈥檚 鈥淐hantez a Dieu鈥 and five movements from the Op. 103 鈥淶igeunerlieder鈥 (Gypsy Song) by Johannes Brahms, featuring several soloists from the choir and pianist Lauk. The choir will also sing a setting depicting King David's grief upon hearing of the death of his son Absalom, titled 鈥淲hen David Heard鈥 by composer Richard Burchard.

The ISU Concert Choir, with an impressive 65-person ensemble, will perform G. F. Handel's second Coronation Anthem, 鈥淭he King Shall Rejoice,鈥 written for the coronation of George II, Handel's English patron.  Student Conductor Nick Cravens will lead the choir鈥檚 presentation of 鈥淏ogoroditse Deve鈥 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.  The performance will also include Eric Whitacre's setting of 鈥淲ater Night鈥 and the engaging 鈥淛鈥檈ntends le Moulin,鈥 a lively French folk song arranged by Donald Patriquin, with its magnificent piano part played by Lauk.

Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for faculty/staff, $4 for pre-college students and free for ISU students with a valid Bengal ID. They can be purchased at the ISU Box Office or by calling (208) 282-3595.

 


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