Music
for the Passover Season
 Two
special pieces of music commemorate the Passover season
on WDAV. On Wednesday, 4/12 at 9 p.m., Handel's, Israel
in Egypt will be performed by the Monteverdi
Choir and Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
The oratorio has been described as Handel's most demanding
work for chorus and tells the Exodus story. It will
be followed by Kurt Weill's "lost" 1937 musical
pageant, The Eternal Road.
Easter
Broadcasts
 WDAV
will feature a number of special programs for Easter.
Highlights include:
Bach's
Easter Oratorio - Mon, 4/10, 9 p.m.
Performed by one of America’s finest ensembles,
Apollo's Fire, Cleveland's Baroque Orchestra and Chorus.
Beethoven's,
Christ on the Mount of
Olives - Thur, 4/13, 9 p.m. The National
Chorus and Orchestra of Lyon. This is one of the few
musical depictions in classical music of Christ's visit
to the garden at Gethsemane.
Arvo
Pärt's Passio, (Saint John Passion)
- Fri, 4/14, 9 p.m. Tonus Peregrinus Ensemble. This
composition is at once contemporary and timeless and
results in a truly ethereal experience.
Bach’s
St. John Passion - Fri, 4/14, 10 p.m.
King's College Choir, Cambridge in concert.
Carolina Live - The Concert Series
(Special Easter Edition) - Sun, 4/16, 3 p.m. Parts II
and III of Handel's oratorio Messiah, dealing
with the Passion and Resurrection, performed by the
Western Piedmont Symphony conducted by John Gordon Ross,
the Lenoir-Rhyne A Cappella Choir, and soloists from
the North Carolina School of the Arts.
A
complete listing of our holiday special programming
can be found at wdav.org.
Featured
Event: Margaret Garner
 Opera
Carolina closes its season with a remarkable operatic
event. Margaret Garner stars acclaimed soprano Denyce
Graves in the title role. This is the Southeastern debut
of this remarkable new opera. Go to the WDAV
Contest page to win a pair of tickets to this very
special event – but hurry! Contest ends April
12. Read more at the events
calendar.
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