CHORALE FINALE MAY HAVE CROWD MAKING MELODIES.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - The Santa Clarita Master Chorale's final concert of the season is described as a night filled with beautiful lyrics that will send listeners home humming. ``Mozart and Friends'' will begin at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at Valencia United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 25718 McBean Parkway, Valencia. Peter G. Pocock will direct the program with classical music written for the stage during the past three centuries, ranging from Mozart's opera ``Idomeneo'' to Andrew Lloyd Webber's ``Phantom of the Opera.'' ``It promises to be an evening of beautifully lyrical melodies that listeners will go home humming to themselves,'' said chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in member Deb Baur. ``Audiences will find many of these tunes familiar, even if they don't recognize the composers or the titles of the songs, because they've heard them as theme music in recent movies or television.'' Among the selections will be Georges Bizet's ``Habanera'' from ``Carmen''; the famous ``Flower Song'' from Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Delibes' ``Lakme''; and selections from George Gershwin's popular musical ``Porgy porgy (pôr`gē), common name for members of the Sparidae, a family of small-mouthed fishes with strong teeth adapted for crushing their food of shellfish and crustaceans. and Bess.'' Other featured composers include Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Richard Wagner. Actors F. William Parker F. William Parker is an American character actor. He appeared in the following television series: The West Wing (as Rev. Al Caldwell), NYPD Blue, The X Files, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Newhart, Alice, and Peggy Walters will narrate between each musical selection. Parker plays a recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who is not a main character but who appears from time to time during the series' run. on ``The West Wing'' and has numerous television and movie credits to his name, including this spring's hit ``The Wedding Planner.'' Walters is a singer and actress with a career in commercials and musical comedy. Stacy Kyle Butler-Moore, a screenwriter, co-wrote the narrative script, and Nylea Butler-Moore, a charter member of the chorale and a professional composer, serves as the musical director. Tickets to ``Mozart and Friends'' are $17 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Cobblestone Cottage, 24335 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, or can be purchased by calling (661) 254-8886. |
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