2011-2012
Fall 2011
Requiem in D Minor, Opus 48, by Gabriel Fauré.
Our gifted director, Jennifer Whiting will conducted this beautiful Requiem Mass. Dr. William Crosbie accompanied the 43-voice chorus on the Berghaus pipe organ. Soloists were Dr. Orna Arania, soprano, and Julian Rojas, baritone.
Jennifer Whiting provided a free, pre-concert lecture, "Text Painting in Fauré's Requiem."
The chorus performed additional pieces by Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Rutter.
Dr. Crosbie presented Sowerby's
Prelude on Song 46Dr. Arania will sing Mozart's Laudamus te
(allegro aperto), from the
Great Mass in C Minor.
This concert is supported in part by a generous grant from the DeKalb County Committee Foundation, as well as the Illinois Arts Council (a state agency); cosponsored by the NIU Community School of the Arts.
