The Hamilton College Choir will perform with the Hamilton College and Community Oratorio Society and Orchestra during its spring concert on Tuesday, April 29, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by G. Roberts Kolb, the program includes Anton Bruckner's Mass in F Minor along with Nänie and Schicksaslied by Johannes Brahms. Featured soloists include Janet Brown, soprano; Robert Allen, tenor; Alyssa Voolker, mezzo-soprano; and Timothy LeFebvre, baritone.
Nänie takes its text from a German poem of the same name written in 1779 by Friedrich Schiller. Brahms composed the music for Nänie in 1881 as a tribute honoring his German artist friend, Anselm Feuerbach, who had recently died. The title Nänie means "Song of Mourning"; it laments the death of all things beautiful or perfect.
Sometimes referred to as Brahms' "Little Requiem," the Schicksalslied also takes its text from a poem —Hyperions Schicksalslied by Friedrich Hölderlin. Schicksalslied translates to "Song of Destiny" in English. The text is a short poem with just two verses, the first describing the bliss of the gods and the second the sufferings of mankind Brahms' oratorio version is for chorus and orchestra.
Tickets for the concert are $8 adults and $5 senior citizens/students. The concert is free for Hamilton College students. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331.
Nänie takes its text from a German poem of the same name written in 1779 by Friedrich Schiller. Brahms composed the music for Nänie in 1881 as a tribute honoring his German artist friend, Anselm Feuerbach, who had recently died. The title Nänie means "Song of Mourning"; it laments the death of all things beautiful or perfect.
Sometimes referred to as Brahms' "Little Requiem," the Schicksalslied also takes its text from a poem —Hyperions Schicksalslied by Friedrich Hölderlin. Schicksalslied translates to "Song of Destiny" in English. The text is a short poem with just two verses, the first describing the bliss of the gods and the second the sufferings of mankind Brahms' oratorio version is for chorus and orchestra.
Tickets for the concert are $8 adults and $5 senior citizens/students. The concert is free for Hamilton College students. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331.
