Choral Arts will celebrate the beauty of nature with its next performance on Thursday, Feb. 27 at Second Presbyterian Church.
Director Darrin Hassevoort has chosen Randall Thompson's "Frostiana" as the centerpiece for this program that also includes works by Vaughan Williams, Mechem, Forrest, Corigliano, Busto and Gordon.
If you go
› What: Choral Arts Presents “Frostiana”› Where: Second Presbyterian Church, 700 Pine St.› When: 7:30 pm. Thursday, Feb. 27› Admission: $15 adults, $10 students› More info: choralartsofchattanooga.weebly.com/
Thompson's "Frostiana" was commissioned by the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, to celebrate its bicentennial in 1959. Since poet Robert Frost taught at Amherst College off and on for nearly four decades, it was decided the piece would be a setting for some of Frost's poetry.
Thompson chose seven poems and created a seven-movement suite with "The Road Not Taken," "The Pasture," "Come In," "The Telephone," "A Girl's Garden," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Choose Something Like a Star."
Pianist Jason DuRoy will accompany the choir.