The Well-Tempered Ear: Wisconsin Chamber Choir Sings Works of R. Nathaniel Dett & Adolphus Hailstork 7:30 PM Nov. 17 in Madison

R. Nathaniel Dett

Adolphus C. Hailstork

The Well-Tempered Ear
November 13, 2012

By Jacob Stockinger

The Wisconsin Chamber Choir will present a concert entitled “Inspired by Greatness” on Saturday, November 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, 116 West Washington Avenue, on the Capitol Square in downtown Madison.

In celebration of great teachers everywhere, this concert features composers from six centuries who are linked as teachers and students of one another.

The wide-ranging program includes music by Josquin, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Nathaniel Dett and Adolphus Hailstork. In his debut performance with the WCC, organist Mark Brampton Smith will perform works by Bach and Buxtehude on Grace’s Casavant pipe organ in addition to accompanying the WCC at the piano.

Tickets are available in advance for $15 through Brown Paper Tickets or via www.wisconsinchamberchoir.org or at the door.  Advance student tickets are $10.

[R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) and Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork (b. 1941) are profiled at AfriClassical.com, which features a comprehensive Works list for Dett by Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma, http://www.CasaMusicaledeLerma.com]