Schuman: Casey at the Bat
7:30pm Saturday, March 16, 2013
Pre-concert talk at 7:00pm
3:00pm Sunday, March 17, 2013
Pre-concert talk at 2:30pm
Janet Wallace Center for the Performing Arts
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Matthew Mehaffey, conductor
Helen Jensen, piano
Oratorio Society Chorus
Guest Artists:
Bradley Greenwald, baritone
Laura Hynes, soprano
Dan Cole, announcer
Bill Marshall, baritone
David Evan Thomas, piano
Special Pre-Program Speaker:
Jeffrey Stern
Director of Choral Activities, Colgate University
Wear your baseball togs—it’s time for spring training! We’ll even serve popcorn! The Mudville Nine are losing by two runs with two outs in the ninth as The Mighty Casey comes to bat. Schuman’s cantata is based on the classic poem, Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer. OSM also presents Brooklyn Baseball Cantata by George Kleinsinger, an imagined account of the 1940s Dodgers winning the World Series against the cross-town rival Yankees, and In the Country of Baseball by local composer David Evan Thomas.
Choral director Jeffrey Stern will present a talk about Casey at the Bat beginning 30 minutes before each concert.
Program
William Schuman
George Kleinsinger
David Evan Thomas
Casey at the Bat — A Baseball Cantata
Brooklyn Baseball Cantata
In the Country of Baseball
