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Cantata To Be SungSalem Choir To Sing In New CumberlandNEW CUMBERLAND - The Salem College Choir, which is on spring tour, will present The Seven Last Words of Christ, a Lenten cantata, at the First Pres-oyterian Church today at 7; 30Composed by Theodore Dubois, Drganist and professor of har-•nony,. the cantata was first pro iuced at Sainte Clotilde on Good rrlday, 101 years ago.Dramatic, colorful and emo-ional, this work is highly evocative of the mood and atmosphere of the first Good Friday. The Seven Last Words of Christ, written for solo voices and choir, is one of the most compelling of Passion-Week cantatas.Soloists for this performance are Mrs. Linda Tolley Bond, soprano; John MacLuskie, tenor, and Robert Ford, baritone.David Booth of Clarksburg will be the guest accompanist. Mr. Booth, whose major instrument is violin, has given many concerts in Central West Virginiaand was recently solo violinist with the Norfolk Symphony, Norfolk, Va.Conductor of the 56-voice choir is Bennie Hughey, professor of vocal music at Salem College, Hughey received his AB degree in sacred, music from Furman University, Greenville, S. C.,' and his master’s in voice from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. He did additional study with Sergei Radainsky, Island of Elba, Italy, and while he was in Europe sang with the RendsburgCity Opera Company for two seasons.Singing with the choir from New Cumberland is Dick Ford, baritone soloist.Twelve states, one country and the District of Columbia are represented in the choir: West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvan-ia, California, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, New Jer-say, New York, Connecticut, Ohio, Rhode Island, Belgium and Washington, D. C.I1
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Weirton Daily Times
Weirton, West Virginia, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1968
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