Courtesy the Oratorio Society of Virginia
Oratorio Society celebrates Christmas, marks anniversary
On May 25, 2018, the chorus will present
the world premiere of “Testimonial,” a newly commissioned work by
composer Adolphus Hailstork that’s based on a poem by Rita Dove.
Hailstork
is professor of music and eminent scholar at Old Dominion University.
Dove, who is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of
Virginia, has served as poet laureate of the United States and poet
laureate of Virginia.
Hailstork’s
“Testimonial” will be premiered during “Celebrating 50 Years of the
Oratorio Society: 50th Anniversary Gala Concert,” which is set for 7
p.m. May 25 in Cabell Hall Auditorium. Also on the program will be W.A.
Mozart’s “Mass in C minor” and an excerpt from “Messiah.” The Oratorio
Encore Society also will appear.
It’s
not the first time the singers have commissioned and performed music
based on Dove’s poetry to mark a milestone. For the chorus’ 30th
anniversary, composer Walter Ross penned “The Pleasure’s in Walking
Through: A Song of the Seasons,” which the Oratorio Society premiered in
March 1998. Dove served as the soprano soloist.
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Adolphus [Adolphus C. Hailstork]
Comment by email:
Hi Bill,
Thanks. Though the piece is based on Dove's poem, the title I have decided upon is THE WORLD CALLED.
Just want to set the record straight.
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