Voices of the Mountains performance this Saturday at the Kingsport Renaissance Center
KINGSPORT – Voices of the Mountains will be performing “The 200-Year Wonders: Chopin, Schumann & Wesley” on Saturday Nov 6, 2010 at 8:00 PM, at theKingsport Renaissance Center Theatre, located at 1200 E. Center St.‚ General admissionis $10.
The Voices of the Mountains will sing a program on Saturday, November 6 at 8:00 p.m. at the Renaissance Center.‚ This November concert has become an annual event for the Voices who will be honoring the 200th birthday of three important musical figures: Frederic Franƒ§ois Chopin, Robert Schumann, and Samuel Sebastian Wesley.‚ All three composers made significant and influential contributions to music during the 19th century.‚ Chopin was most active in France, Schumann in Germany, and Wesley in England.‚ Although they were contemporaries, the music of each is very distinctive.‚ This program will highlight some of their contributions to choral music and will include both sacred and secular selections.‚ The program will also include one choral work from yet another rival composer, Franz Liszt.
The Voices of the Mountains are under the direction of W. Patrick Flannagan, professor of music at King College in Bristol, TN.‚ Flannagan has been on the faculty at King since 1982 and is the founding conductor of the Voices of the Mountains, a chorus that is part of the Symphony of the Mountains organization.‚ ‚ Both the Voices and the Symphony are in preparation for the annual Holiday Concert in December.‚ www.SymphonyoftheMountains.org or www.KingsportARTS.org
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