Classical Potpourri II

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Classical Potpourri is the second in the Music Lovers annual Classical Music series.

On Friday April 11, 2025 at 9:45am at the Church auditorium we will salute those well known and beloved classical composers who 'passed' before or on their 40th Birthday.

The composers selected for this presentation are from the Baroque Period through the Romantic Period and include Mozart,

Schubert, Bellini, Bizet, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Purcell, and Von Weber.

Only Gershwin in this program is from the Modern Period.

The musical mix includes Classical, Opera, Sacred, and Broadway. We will discuss their cause of death at such an early  age

along with their most famous 'hits' which were, in many cases, composed in their final years.

We will view video excerpts from Mozart' Requiem and the Magic Flute, Schubert's 9th Symphony and his renowned Ave Maria.

We will also experience arias from Bellini's most famous operas I Puritani,sung by Franco Corelli: and Casta Diva from Norma

sung by Maria Callas. Maria Callas returns  singing Bizet's Habanera from Carmen  and Hvorostovsky and Kaufmann

sing Bizet's famous male duet, Au fond du temple Saint from the Pearl Fishers. We continue with Gershwin's excerpts from

Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess, and An American in Paris. The presentation  closes with selected pieces from Chopin, Mendelssohn, Purcell, and Carl Maria Von Weber.

Enjoy!   Jim McKeown, Chairman

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