Hilo Community Chorus will present a choral concert featuring music by Faure and Brahms this spring. Rehearsals begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday (Jan. 28) at the University of Hawaii at Hilo rehearsal room, next to the performing arts center, and continue each Monday until concert time.
Music for the concert includes Faure’s “Requiem” and “Cantique de Jean Racine” and Brahms’ “Alto Rhapsody” and “Psalm 13.”
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers.
Johannes Brahms (1833-97) was a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period. Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. His reputation and status as a composer are such that he is sometimes grouped with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as one of the “Three Bs” of music.
Anyone who loves to sing choral music and is willing to devote two hours each week for rehearsals is welcome to join the chorus.
For more information, call director Tom McAlexander at 985-7192 or email tommac@hawaii.rr.com.