Event Details
Burlington Choral Society, Richard Riley, Artistic Director
presents
Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem
On Saturday, April 20th, the Burlington Choral Society (BCS) will perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem at the Elley-Long Music Center in Colchester, VT honoring the 150th anniversary year of its first performance at Milan’s Church of San Marco on May 22, 1874.
“The Verdi Requiem is one of the titans”, says BCS Artistic Director Richard Riley. “Dramatic from the downbeat!”
Verdi’s original setting was for four soloists, double choir and large orchestra. In this performance, the Burlington Choral Society will be performing a 2012 arrangement by the German choir director and music pedagogue Michael Betzner-Brandt, who arranged the work as a “chamber oratorio” for piano, horn, double bass, marimba and percussion. The four vocal soloists will be soprano Helen Lyons, mezzo soprano Amber Smoke, tenor Joshua Collier, and bass Jeremiah Johnson. Richard Riley will conduct.
In presenting this Requiem performance, the Burlington Choral Society honors the memories of past members and leaders Ann Curran, William Harwood and Maria Novas-Schmidt.
General Admission: Adults $30, 18 & under free
Venue Information
Colchester, VT 05446
Organizer Information
- Name:
- Burlington Choral Society
- Phone:
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Name:
- Burlington Choral Society
- Phone:
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Name:
- Burlington Choral Society
- Phone:
- Email:
- [email protected]