A Choral Cornucopia
Sunday - November 14, 2010 at 3:30 PM
The Dickinson Theater at Piedmont Virginia Community College
The Oratorio Society of Virginia will perform a wide variety of choral literature - from Classical to popular - including the delightful Lovesong Waltzes by Brahms which are accompanied by piano duet - a speaking chorus by Toch - two arrangements from Bernstein's Candide, as well as opera choruses by Offenbach and Gilbert and Sullivan. To add to the fun, from the famed Englishman, John Rutter, an arrangement of an American Tune, Down By the Riverside will be sung.
Featured Performers
- L. Thomas Vining, Music Director/Conductor
- Soloists To be Announced
L. Thomas Vining
L. Thomas (Lance) Vining has led The Oratorio Society with tireless energy and contagious vitality since the fall of 2000. Singers and audiences alike have reaped the benefit of his passion for great music, his vast musical expertise, and his visionary leadership.
While completing his studies at Westminster Choir College, Mr. Vining began his singing career, debuting as tenor soloist in Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” with Leopold Stokowski at Carnegie Hall. While studying at Peabody Conservatory of Music, he received a Presidential Citation for his work with the United States Army Field Band and Chorus. After performing as a lyric and lyric spinto tenor, he pursued his dream to conduct and studied with Leonard Bernstein, Robert Shaw, Sir Malcolm Sargent, and Leopold Stokowski.
Mr. Vining has conducted major orchestras in Denver, San Francisco, Knoxville, and Memphis. He founded the Bay Area Philharmonic and Bay Area Christian Choir. He currently serves as Music Director at Vienna (Virginia) Presbyterian Church.
Under the baton of this able Music Director, Charlottesville has enjoyed such masterpieces as Brahms’ A German Requiem, Bach’s B Minor Mass and St. John Passion, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Verdi’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. He brought concert opera to Charlottesville, leading the Oratorio Society in Verdi’s La Traviata in May 2006 and Rigoletto in May 2007.
Soloists To Be Announced
