The Washington University Department of Music in Arts & Sciences will mark the centenary of the 1904 World’s Fair by including works performed at the fair in concerts throughout its fall season.
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Who: Washington University Chamber Orchestra What: Concert Program: Bach’s cantata Ich habe genug, Scott Levin, soloist; works for string orchestra by Edvard Grieg; and selections performed by the Washington University Cello Choir. When: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7 Where: Karl Umrath Hall Lounge, Umrath Hall, just north of Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. COST: Free and open to the public Information: (314) 935-4841 Sponsor: Department of Music in Arts & Sciences |
The Washington University Chamber Orchestra — under the direction of Elizabeth Macdonald, director of strings in the Department of Music — will launch the season with a performance at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, in Karl Umrath Hall Lounge.
The program will include Two Elegiac Melodies, op. 34, for string orchestra, by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg — a work that was performed at the fair — as well as Grieg’s Holberg Suite. Also on the program are Johann Sebastian Bach’s solo cantata Ich habe genug, with baritone Scott Levin (LA ’03); and a variety of musical selections performed by a new ensemble, the Washington University Cello Choir.
Karl Umrath Hall Lounge is located in Umrath Hall, just north of the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call Sue Taylor at (314) 935-4841 or email staylor@wustl.edu.