The 100-voice VocalEssence Chorus, 32-voice Ensemble Singers, and the University of Minnesota’s Wind Ensemble will celebrate the 80th birthday of legendary composer, musicologist, and foremost P.D.Q. Bach historian, Professor Peter Schickele with a concert featuring works by Professor Schickele, as well as those by his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach. The birthday concert will also mark the 50th anniversary of Schickele’s most (in)famous discovery/invention; a composer sometimes referred to as “the most dangerous musician since Nero.”
VocalEssence conductor Philip Brunelle and Craig Kirchhoff, professor of conducting and director of university bands at the University of Minnesota, will lead the evening’s program at Ted Mann Concert Hall on April 10 at 8 p.m. Minnesota Public Radio’s John Birge will host a pre-concert conversation with Schickele at 7 p.m. For information: 612/371-5656 or www.vocalessence.org.
Peter Schickele (photo credit: Stephen Ladner)
