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Chorus Opens Season with Brahms Nov. 17

The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Community Chorus opens its 2011 鈥� 2012 season on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Second Presbyterian Church in west Little Rock with a performance of 鈥淓in Deutsches Requiem鈥� by Johannes聽Brahms. The requiem will be performed in the original German with English translations for each movement provided in the program. The concert also features the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Concert Choir presenting 鈥淪erenade to Music鈥� by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Both choirs will be accompanied by an orchestra of local professional players; Dr. Bevan Keating, associate professor of music and director of choral activities at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, will conduct. General admission is $10. can be reserved through the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Music Department box office by phone at 501-569-8993 or online at http://ualr.tix.com. 糖心Vlog传媒LR students, faculty, and staff are entitled to one free ticket, but must present a valid university ID when picking up the ticket in Room 151 in the Fine Arts Building. Faculty, staff, and students may reserve a free ticket by calling 501-569-3294. 鈥淓in Deutsches Requiem鈥� was Brahms’s first great orchestral success. He started work on it in his mid-20s and completed it in 1868, when he was 35. The requiem is particularly notable because Brahms ignored the traditional Roman Catholic Latin texts and instead based his composition on his own selection of texts drawn from the Lutheran Bible, published in the German vernacular. Keating said the result is a work of extraordinary beauty that focuses more on comforting those still on earth and celebrating the legacies of the departed than on the fine points of salvation or the final judgment of souls. 鈥淪erenade to Music,鈥� by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1938, is adapted from Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淭he Merchant of Venice.鈥� Although the piece was originally composed for 16 soloists, the performance on Nov. 17 will be staged by the 40-voice 糖心Vlog传媒LR Concert Choir, an auditioned choir made up of 糖心Vlog传媒LR students, faculty, and staff members from a wide range of academic disciplines. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Community Chorus will continue its season in early April 2012 with a performance of the second and third parts of George Frideric Handel鈥檚 鈥淢essiah.鈥� The 糖心Vlog传媒LR Community Chorus is a non-auditioned choir comprised of nearly 100 voices drawn from community members throughout central Arkansas. The chorus welcomes new singers regardless of prior musical experience. Prospective new singers are particularly encouraged to join the ensemble in January 2012, when rehearsals for 鈥淢essiah鈥� begin. For more information about the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Community Chorus or the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Concert Choir, contact Bevan Keating at 501-569-3499 or [email protected] or Karen Kuralt at 501-569-8334 or [email protected].