With "Northern Lights", VOICES announces its season finale on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 8 pm at the Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ 08534. The program includes Sibelius' "Finlandia," romantic music by Edvard Grieg and Hugo Alfven ("Aftonen" and "A Maiden is in A Ring"); "Saul," a contemporary composition by Egil Hovland; three choral ballads by Wilhelm Stenhammer, a folksong arranged by Swedish jazz musician Bengt Hallberg; and Ola Gjeilo's "Northern Lights," which premiered at the National Gallery in Washington D.C. in January 2008. The chamber group Sotto Voce will perform music by Neils Gade and Sven-Eric Johanson. Another performance will take place on Sunday, May 22, 3 pm, at the Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Rd (Rte 413), Wrightstown, PA 18940.
For tickets and information, please www.VOICESChorale.org or call 609-637-9383.