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AN EVENING WITH THE CLASSICS
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By Alice Perry Linker Observer Staff Writer The combined Grande Ronde Symphony Orchestra and the La Grande Community Chorus will present three performances of a Schubert mass next week. Conducted by Leandro Espinosa, the orchestra and chorus will perform Mass in G, written when Schubert was only 18. "Mass in G is one of Schubert's most played and loved works," Espinosa said. The La Grande performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and March 1 in McKenzie Theater at Eastern Oregon University. A third performance will be presented Feb. 28 at St. Francis deSales Cathedral in Baker City. Tickets for each performance are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students. Peter Wordelman, director of the community chorus, said the Schubert mass has been published in numerous editions. "The latest version, which we will be performing, includes the trumpet and timpani parts," he said. Vocal soloists for the mass are Jan Miller, soprano; Bruce Anderson, tenor, and Tod Maxwell, baritone. As Espinosa describes the upcoming performances, "the whole concert is about famous works." The concert will open with three works by Wagner: Prelude to Act I from "Die Meisteringer von Nurnberg," the Funeral March from "Gotterdammerung," and the Prelude to Act I from "Lohengrin." "This will be a vocal concert," Espinosa said, "but not everything is sung. Everything is related to vocal music in one way or another." The concert will close with Verdi's Triumphal March from "Aida," one of the most popular opera selections. "The Verdi Aida' is the first time that the community chorus has sung in Italian," Wordelman said. "We often sing in Latin, but the Italian has proven to be a big challenge." About the Wagner choices, Espinosa said, "The three famous overtures and/or preludes, placed together almost as a kind of a (three movement) Wagnerian symphony." Advance sale tickets are available at Sunflower Books and the Eastern Oregon University Bookstore. |
