Historical May 1984 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Skinker-DeBaliviere is indeed a neighborhood close to major cultural events, and the month of May will bring concerts by The Bel Canto Chorus & Orchestra, the Saint Louis Symphony, The Young Singers of Missouri, and the Bach Society of Saint Louis to area churches and institutions.
The Bel Canto Chorus with Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Bruce Vantine, artistic director and principal conductor, will present its annual Spring Concert on Friday, May 4 at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. at the historical Westminster Presbyterian Church (Union at Delmar).
The featured work in this concert will be George Frederick Handel’s “Utrecht Jubilate.” Selections by Mendelssohn, Schein, and Lockwood are also included in the program. Tickets may be purchased at the door; general admission is $4, but reductions are available to students and senior citizens.
For further details, call 727-3587.
The final concert of the Chamber Music series of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra will be presented at Grace United Methodist Church on May 7 at 8 p.m. Lucy Shelton, soprano, will be the featured soloist and Leonard Slatkin the conductor.
The program will feature Stravinsky’s “Four Russian Songs” as well as works by Mozart, Prokofiev, and Schwantner. Tickets are $6; $3.50 for students. Grace United Methodist will also be the location for the May 20 concert by The Young Singers of Missouri.
The performance will be at 4 p.m. and will feature Purcell’s “Come, Ye Sons of Art” and selections from Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” and a mass by Mozart, all with orchestra. Also featured will be works by Schubert, Praetorius, Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Rossini, and Copland, along with selections from “The Sound of Music.” The concert is one of a number of musical events in May in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Breitmeyer Memorial Ministry.
It is also the first spring concert of The Young Singers of Missouri in which members of the newly formed Grace Methodist units will participate.
The performance is free. Also on May 20, The Bach Society of Saint Louis will present the oratorio “Israel “Israel in Egypt” by George Frederick Handel at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will be at CASA, Trinity at Delmar.
Admission is free.
This dramatic work for double chorus and orchestra is a setting of portions of the book of Exodus which Handel selected himself. Outstanding St. Louis soloists Carolee Coombs-Stacy and Janet Works, sopranos, Tom Dinan, countertenor, Gary Sims, tenor, and Kevin Koontz and James Kalkbrenner, basses, will join the Bach Society Chorus and Orchestra for this final concert of the season.
Originally published in The Paper, May 1984.
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Archival transcription note: Handel oratorio title repeats Israel in print; retained.
Original source: SD_Times1984_05.pdf, printed page(s) 3; PDF page(s) 3.
