Concert to feature work by Schumann, Britten

Two interesting and quite different pieces
of music are on the program for the spring
concert of the Bachelor of Music Transfer
program to be held at the Centennial
Theatre on Wednesday, April 15. Among the
works to be performed by the College's
Symphony and Chorus are Benjamin Britten's
Serenade, with French Horn and Tenor solos
and Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 in B
flat major ("Spring").

Although it was his very first symphonic
work, Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 in
B flat major was an instant popular and
critical success, and continues to be one
of his most popular pieces today. Written
at the time of his marriage, it is noted
for its bright and enthusiastic mood.
(This, I suppose, leads to speculation
about what he wrote later inhis marriage.)

Benjamin Britten's Serenade, written in
1943 is an eight part work, the first and
last parts of which are French Horn solos.
The other six parts are based on English
poetry by such authors as Tennyson and
Keats. Music instructor Karl Kobylansky
explains that the work is unusual in its
use of French Horn and Tenor, which
essentially perform a duet with a strings
accompaniment.

The Music department has come up with a
couple of excellent soloists to play those
demanding parts. French Horn soloist Brian

G'Froerer, has taught at Capilano and a

number of other institutions, and is
currently a French Horn instructor at UBC.
If you take your opera glasses to the
Orpheum you may recognize him as the
Associate Principal Third Horn in the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and he is
also the Principal Horn for the CBC
Vancouver Orchestra. Tenor, Lars Kaario,
is a graduate of Cap College who came back
as a faculty member after completing his
Master's Degree at Western Washington U.
He has a wide repertoire ranging from
opera and oratorios to light opera and
musical theatre, and is currently the
music director of the Greater Vancouver
Operatic Society and of Chown Memorial
United Church Music Ministry.

Tickets for the concert, which is at 8 pm
on the 15th, are $5 ($3 for students and
seniors) and will be available at the door
of the Centennial Theatre, 23rd and
Lonsdale. Proceeds are going neither to
Rick Hansen nor to bailing out the VSO, but
to the College's Grand Piano Fund which
needs your contributions too.

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