The Lawton Community Orchestra will present a potpourri of compositions from different eras of classical music with varying styles on Thursday, March 6, in the McCutcheon Recital Hall. The concert will start at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets purchased at the door are $10 for adult and $8 for senior citizens, members of the military, and non-CU students. Cameron University students, faculty and staff receive one free admission with their CU I.D. Tickets can be reserved by calling the box office at 580-581-2346. Tickets can also be purchased in advance online at https://www.cameron.edu/art-music-and-theatre/events/buy-tickets. (Taxes and processing fees apply.)
Directed by adjunct professor Angela Ruiz, the Lawton Community Orchestra is comprised of CU students Tessah Caddo, Kaitlan Kaulaity, Kim Lamkin, Seth McCoy and Gracelyn Wilcox, all of Lawton. They are joined by community members Xavier McClure and Dolores Anderson, both of Lawton.
The ensemble will present “Liebeslied (Du allein),” composed by Luise Von Toskana and arranged for string orchestra by Robert Geisler; William Boyce’s “Symphony No. 4 (First Movement)” arranged by Elliot Del Borgo; “Three Renaissance Dances” arranged by Lloyd Conley; “Intermezzo” from Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” arranged for string orchestra by Sidney Carlin; and the first two movements of “Divertimento in D Major, K. 136” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Ruiz refers to “Liebeslied” as one of the more mysterious pieces in the program. “Not much can be discerned about the piece from the folio, and many searches come up short on this particular work,” she says. “This lack of information fits the mystery of the work with its thin textures and slower-moving tempo.”
“Symphony No. 4” is a Baroque piece composed in 1751 as the overture for Boyce’s opera, “The Shepherd's Lottery.” It was later published in 1760 as a part of a set of eight symphonies.
Of “Three Renaissance Dances,” Ruiz says, “This piece features many stylistic characteristics of the time, including the way the melodies are presented along with the accompaniment, the tonal landscape and upbeat tempos.”
Ruiz also advised that “Intermezzo” from Schumann’s “Piano Concerto” wasn’t part of the original writing, but was added later on along with a finale.
She refers to “Divertimento in D Major” as “very clearly Mozart in its presentation of the melodies along with a driving accompaniment,” adding, “The development sections of the tune are short, leading very quickly back into the main themes.”
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