Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, January 27, 1995 TAG: 9501310015
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HARD TO BEAT: Internationally acclaimed marimba soloist Gordon Stout will be joined by Radford University's Marimba Ragtime Band tonight at 8, and Saturday at 8 p.m. Djembe master drummer Khalid Abdul N'Faly Saleem and the RU Drum Ensemble will play a variety of African instruments including the African xylophone and thumb pianos as part of the university's Sixth Annual RU Percussion Symposium. Performances in the university's Preston Auditorium begin at 8 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $1 for children, free with Radford University identification. Call 831-5324.
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC!: Saturday will be a big night for musical concerts. Here are a few:
nThe Virginia Glee Club, an acclaimed men's chorus founded in 1871, is the oldest musical organization at the University of Virginia. The glee club's performance at 8:30 p.m. Saturday will feature a rare performance of 12th-century master Perotin's "Viderunt Omnes," one of the earliest examples of music written in four parts. The group will also perform a 16th-century chant by Giovanni da Palestrina and a special arrangement of "Go Tell It On The Mountain." All of this takes place at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, 631 N. Jefferson St., Roanoke. Donations will be taken at the door. Call (804) 296-4852.
Virginia Tech's official quartet-in-residence, The Audubon Quartet, will perform Beethoven's Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5, the Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, and the ``Grosse Fuge'' for string quartet. Performances in the university's Squires Recital Salon will be Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Quartet violinist David Erlich will give a preconcert lecture 45 minutes before the performance. Tickets cost $7; $5 for students and senior citizens. For tickets and reservations, call 231-5615. For information, call 231-5200.
On Saturday, the Kandinsky Trio will feature among other piano trios Johannes Brahms' gypsy-inspired C Major Trio. Other works will include Beethoven's Trio Op. 1, No. 1 in E flat major and "Strangers," by contemporary Taiwanese composer Chien-Tai Chen. The trio, Roanoke College's artists in residence, will perform in the college's Olin Theater at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $9. Call 375-2333.
Saturday evening at 7:30 in the Fairview Ruritan Building in Galax, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys and Larry Sigmon & Barbara Poole will present a concert of the kind of good old bluegrass that made mountain music famous. Admission is $8 for adults; children under 12 are admitted free. Call 236-6316 or 236-2171.
A CUT ABOVE: The New York City National Opera will present Rossini's classic tale of love and lust run awry, "The Barber of Seville," on Monday at 8 p.m. The opera, in the university's Preston Auditorium, will be performed in Italian with English subtitles provided. Tickets cost $12, $6 for children, free admission with Radford University identification. Call 831-5420.
SURVIVORS SPEAK: "Remnants," a one-act drama by clinical psychologist/teacher/playwright Hank Greenspan, weaves together six monologues of Holocaust survivors reflecting on their survival. Bring or buy a brown-bag lunch, if you'd like, to eat during this free staged-reading Centerpiece production at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday on Mill Mountain Theatre's Main Stage. Call 342-5740.
HERBS FOR WHAT AILS YOU will be only one of several fascinating lectures and seminars presented Feb. 3 and 4 during the Virginia Herb Growers and Marketers Association's ninth annual conference at the Raddison Patrick Henry Hotel in Roanoke. The Friday programs, between 12:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. will include discussions of essential oils, aromatherapy and landscaping with fragrant plants. The Saturday presentations, from 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., will include kitchen herbs, medicinal herbs and wine and herbs.
The conference costs $40 for two days or $30 for one day for association members; $50 for two days; $35 for one day for nonmembers. A $15 luncheon on Saturday and $25 banquet on Friday are also offered. A free Herbal Marketplace of exhibitors' plants, wreaths, books, medicinals, fragrant herbal jewelry, lotions and potions will be open to the public Friday from 2:30 p.m.- 6 p.m. and Feb. 4 from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. To register or obtain more information, call Judy Peterson (304) 466-0498.
WELL-ORGANIZED: American organ composers will be the focus of four free noontime organ concerts on consecutive Wednesdays, beginning with this one, at First Presbyterian Church in Roanoke. Programs will include "Three Centuries of Dances for the Organ," "Influential American Organ Composers," works by "Living American Women Organ Composers" and "Major American Organ Composers of the 20th Century" all played on the church's three-manual, 56-rank Schantz organ. The programs are from 12:05-12:30 p.m. For more information, call 344-3204.
by CNB