Philharmonic Chorale, compl eting its 89th year as a local performing group, presents An Afternoon of Music with the Philharmonic Chorale on Sunday, May 4, at 3:00 pm, i n the Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center, located on the East Peoria Campus. Ticke ts cost $12 for the general public and $10 for students and senior citizens . Tickets may be purchased online at www.ArtsAtICC.com or by calling the IC C Performing Arts Center box office at (309) 694-5136.
The concert will open with Haydn’s lively Gloria < /em>from his “Heiligemesse” of 1796, and continues with two more pieces fro m the great masters: the hauntingly beautiful Agnus Dei by Edward Elgar and the joyful motet, Exultate Deo, composed by Alessandro S carlatti. Also included in the opening section is the stirring and poignan t Navy Hymn, Eternal Father Strong to Save. The next part of the p rogram features three rhythmically driving spirituals, including Soon A h Will Be Done, which starts with a conventional opening but soon kick s into a fun and funky gospel groove.
The concert continues with three beloved American folk songs, including Peace Like a River and a beautiful Irish ballad, Red Is the R ose, which was written by an anonymous poet in County Kerry, western I reland. It is sung to the familiar Scottish air “Loch Lomond.” The concert concludes with a humorous excursion into the Forest of Loo, and a foot-stomping version of another American folk-tune, The Unclouded Day.
A reception will fo llow in the studio theatre of the Performing Arts Center.
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