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WVU Choral Program to present concert of love songs Feb. 24
Cupid’s harp won’t be so lonely when the West Virginia University Choral Program presents a concert of love songs Sunday (Feb. 24).
The concert, titled “Love: Lost & Found,” will begin at 3:15 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre of the Creative Arts Center on WVU’s Evansdale Campus.
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Flos Campi,” translated as “Flowers of the Field,” will be the concert’s showcase performance. The music will be presented by the University Choir, with faculty members Maggie Snyder, viola, and William Haller, organ. This work for solo viola and choir is based upon selected passages from the Biblical narrative, “Song of Songs.”
Other featured works include excerpts from “Five Hebrew Love Songs” by Eric Whitacre, love duets by Austrian composer Robert Stoltz, a collection of madrigals by Orlando di Lasso, a rousing rendition of the American folk song “Cindy” and excerpts from Johannes Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 52.”
Another concert highlight will be the world premiere of “Song of Songs Suite for Women’s Voices” by David P. Goldstein.
For tickets, visit the Mountainlair or Creative Arts Center box offices, or call 304-293-SHOW.
Office: (304) 293-6997