The concert will include I Need You , danced by the UNL dance students and set to music by James Brown, Gene Pitney, and Henry Purcell. You takes a comical, somewhat black look at obsessive desires for love. A new work for 13 dances has been created with input from the UNL Dancers. All Wet and Adams will perform John M. Wilson's Waking Dreams . The UNL Oratorio Chorus, under the direction of James Hejduk, will be joined by organist Marcos Krieger in a program of seven beloved British anthems and liturgical works at 3 p.m. April 21 in Kimball Recital Hall.
Admission is free and the public is cordially invited.
These pieces, all sung in English, form a bulwark of 20th century British sacred music. Included will be C. Hubert H. Parry's coronation anthem, Greater love hath no man , by John Ireland, and Edgar Bainton's setting from the Revelation of St. John, And I saw a new heaven . Along with these anthems, several selections intended for liturgical use but often performed as concert pieces are also included. The hymn Te lucis ante terminum by Henry Balfour Gardiner will complement Benjamin Britten's first setting of the Te Deum , in C Major sung at matins, the morning office, and will be paired with William Walton's latter-day setting of the Jubilate Deo . A buoyantly rhythmic composition by Bryan Kelly of Mary's song of joy, the Magnificent , sung at vespers, will close the program.