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On Saturday, April 27 at 7:30 pm at Bailey Hall, Cornell’s Chorus and Glee Club will collaborate with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and soloists Tamara Acosta, soprano, and Sidney Outlaw, baritone, to present Brahms’ A German Requiem. Conducted by Cornelia Laemmli Orth, the work is celebrating its 150th anniversary, just as the Cornell Glee Club, under the direction of Robert Isaacs, commemorates its own sesquicentennial.

The largest of Brahms’ works, the Requiem is a mainstay of the choral-orchestral repertoire today that would have been seen as novel when it originated due to Brahms’ usage of historical musical forms updated with his own innovations. One such technique was the selection of texts that avoided specific references, instead creating universally applicable ideas of humanity. In addition to the choral sections, Acosta and Outlaw are featured; Acosta is on faculty at Ithaca College and has appeared with the Santa Fe, Sarasota, and Nashville Operas, among others, and Outlaw’s appearances include performances with the English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera, the Spoleto Festival, and more. A pre-concert talk with Orth will begin onstage at 6:45 pm. Tickets are $28 for adults, and $10 for students and are available at Baileytickets.com

The Cornell Orchestras give their final performances of the semester. The Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Timna Mayer, presents a Cornell showcase featuring John Haines-Eitzen performing C.P.E. Bach’s Cello Concerto in A Major, student soloist Anna McDougall in Drdla’s Carmen Fantasy, Mvts 1 & 2, Grieg’s Two Melodies, Op. 53 conducted by student Andy Sheng, Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite, and a new composition by student Thomas Rachman. The performance is Friday, April 26 at 7:00 pm at Barnes Hall.

The Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Slywotzky, conductor, performs Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 and selections from Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, plus a new work by doctoral composer Can Bilir. The concert is Sunday, April 28 at 3:00 pm at Bailey Hall.

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