Luther College Philharmonia and Brass Ensembles concert Nov. 7
Luther College Philharmonia and Brass Ensembles will present a concert Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Luther Center for Faith and Life Main Hall.
The concert is open to the public with no charge for admission.
Directed by Spencer Martin, Luther associate professor of music, Philharmonia will perform Mozart’s “Overture to Don Giovanni,” Vaughan-Williams’ “Folk Song Suite” and Sibelius’ “Finlandia.”
The ensemble will also perform the concert aria “Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio (K. 418)” featuring soprano soloist Karen Kanakis, Luther assistant professsor of music, and oboe soloist Heather Armstong, Luther assistant professor of music.
Philharmonia is a symphonic ensemble that performs in concert and worship on campus.
Performing groups of the Brass Ensembles include horn choir, trombone choir, and tuba/euphonium ensemble.
Trombone choir, conducted by Michael Smith, Luther associate professor of music, will perform Bach’s “Passacaglia in C minor,” Walter Hartley’s “Canzona” and Thomas Tallis’ “Hear The Voice and Prayer.”
Trombone choir is a 33-member ensemble, one of the largest in the Midwest associated with a college or university. Trombone choir will also perform Nov. 16 in Westby, Wis., as part of Western Wisconsin Trombone Day.
Horn choir will perform Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” and the first movement (Sonata) from “Konzertante Musik für acht Hörner Opus 78” by Jan Koetsier. Luther music faculty member Stacie Mickens conducts the 14-piece horn choir.
Grant Harville, Luther music faculty and conductor of the tuba/euphonium ensemble, will lead the 13-piece ensemble in four pieces: “Corale: Aus tiefer Not” by Johann Walter, Bach’s “Ana Magdalena,” “Appalachian Carol” by James Canter and “Brazil” by Ari Barroso.
The Brass Ensembles repertoire includes transcriptions and original compositions from musicial resources of six centuries. The group gives one major concert per semester and several on and off-campus performances throughout the year.