UA News

The University Community Chorus will present a program titled "Anniversaries," 
honoring the 200th anniversary of the death of Austrian composer Franz 
Joseph Haydn and celebrating the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's 
birth.

The program will open with two works by Haydn. The first, "Salve Regina," is a 
motet in five movements featuring soprano Christi Amonson with the chorus
 and orchestra. Amonson returns for a second performance with the University
 Community Chorus, having delighted audiences with her portrayal of Adele, 
in excerpts from "Die Fledermaus," last spring.

Conducted by Elizabeth Schauer, Mendelssohn's "Psalm 42" comprises the second 
half of the program. The work was frequently performed, often with the
 composer at the podium, during Mendelssohn's lifetime. Romantic in
 conception and spirit, this psalm setting was considered by Mendelssohn 
to be one of his finest works of this type. Mezzo-soprano Robyn Rocklein,
 who recently performed as Lucretia in the UA Opera Theatre's production "The 
Rape of Lucretia," is the featured soloist. She is joined by a quartet of 
male voices including Christopher Hutchinson, Dennis Tamblyn, Christopher 
Thomas and Evan Long Casler, all frequent performers on the Tucson 
classical music scene.