Concert will feature music for Easter season
The Moreno Valley Master Chorale and the Lyric Symphony Orchestra, directed by Viorel Gheorghe, will present “Music Classics for the Easter Season” at 4 p.m. Sunday at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 11650 Perris Blvd., Moreno Valley.
The concert will feature several works by Joseph Haydn, including his “Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo,” and parts of Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio “Elijah,” including “Lift Thine Eyes” for three-part women’s voices, according to a news release.
The chorale also will perform “Panis Angelicus,” “L’ Ange Gardien” and “God is my Salvation” by César Franck.
Featured soloists will be lyric coloratura soprano Camelia Voin and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Steele. They will sing two duets, and Voin will also sing “Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (“On Wings of Song”) by Felix Mendelssohn.
The concert also will feature orchestra members Todor Pelev, violin; Rick Olson, oboe; Ana Maria Maldonado,
cello; and Jonathan Keplinger, piano and organ.
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and free for students with school ID. Tickets are available at the door for cash only. Tickets also may be ordered by phone.
For information, call 951485-8414 or 951-242-4963 or go to morenovalleymasterchorale.org.
The chorale will close its 2022-23 season with a pops concert June 4, featuring favorite show tunes.
Singers who want to join the chorale for that concert are invited to rehearse with the chorale beginning March 27. Rehearsals are 7-9 p.m. Mondays at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Moreno Valley.