ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, April 13, 1996 TAG: 9604150023
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
Choral concert
RADFORD - Radford University's choral ensembles will present a concert featuring Carl Orff's cantata, Carmina Burana, Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Preston Auditorium. David Otis Castonguay will direct the 130 singers.
Castonguay said Carmina Burana is one of the most popular choral and orchestral works. The music has been used in movie soundtracks, including "Excaliber," and even in a Nescafe commercial. "Carmina Burana" literally means "songs of Beuren" and first appeared as a series of poems celebrating spring, love, drinking, the joys of life and the despair of ill fate in an early 13th century German manuscript from the Benedictine abbey of Benediktbeuern.
A small children's choir part will be sung by members of Voices in Harmony, the university's children's choir directed by Betty Turner.
Admission Tuesday is $3 for adults, $1 for children and free with Radford University identification. Tickets will be available at the door.
Organ recitals
BLACKSBURG - Fans of church organ music will get a chance to hear recitals Sunday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Blacksburg, Wednesday at Virginia Tech and April 23 at Radford University.
The recitals are part of the nationwide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the American Guild of Organists.
Sunday's performance will be by Joe Ball at 9:45 a.m. He will play Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor and other selections.
Wednesday James Bryant will perform at Bach's Lunch at noon in Virginia Tech's War Memorial Chapel.
April 23's performance will be a student recital by Carter Edmondson at 4 p.m. in Preston Auditorium at Radford University.
All of the events are free.
Town Council forum
CHRISTIANSBURG - Candidates in next month's Town Council election will appear at a forum 7 p.m. Monday at Park United Methodist Church.
The forum is sponsored by Friends of the Park, an area anchored by East Main and Park Streets and bounded by Roanoke, Franklin and Depot Streets.
Monday's forum will be the second of the election season. The eight candidates spoke at a forum Tuesday, and all eight have been invited to the Park Street forum.
For more information, call Gwen Marcenelle at 382-8414 or Gary Harkrader at 382-2626.
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