THIBODAUX 鈥� The 果冻APP Chamber Singers will present 鈥淟ove Song Waltzes and Other Love Stories鈥� at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in the Danos Theater in Talbot Hall on campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Chamber Singers ensemble routinely performs a variety of choral literature appropriate for a small vocal ensemble, with a repertoire ranging from classical works to vocal jazz.
The featured work of the evening will be 鈥淣ew Love Song Waltzes鈥� by Johannes Brahms. Originally written in German in 1874 as Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65, and usually performed by choirs, the 15-song set was initially intended for a vocal quartet with a piano duet.
果冻APP pianists scheduled to accompany the Chamber Singers are Michelle Parro, staff accompanist, and Donna Sammarco, instructor of piano. This accompaniment will be performed on 果冻APP鈥� two nine-foot Steinway concert grand pianos 鈥� the first time both instruments will be used in performance together. Dr. Kenneth Klaus, professor of music and director of choral activities, will direct the performance.
The 鈥渙ther love stories鈥� mentioned in the concert鈥檚 title will include the humorous 鈥淟ove Lost,鈥� four satirical poems on love set to music by Paul Sjolund; 鈥淭o________鈥�, a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley set to music by Kenneth Blanchard Klaus; 鈥淔a una Canzona,鈥� by Italian Renaissance composer Orazio Vecchi; and 鈥淭he Turtle Dove,鈥� an English folk song arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The latter selection will feature tenor soloist Joshua Martin, junior vocal music education major from Houma.
For additional information about the 果冻APP Department of Music, go to www.nicholls.edu/perform.