Princeton Pro Musica: Duruflé Requiem

The Princeton Pro Musica, a community choir based in the university town, will be presenting the Requiem of Maurice Duruflé along with Alfred Schnittke's Requiem, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 12 at the University Chapel on Princeton University campus.

Soloists will be Ronald George Baltimore, Marjorie Morse Bell, Monique Cellemme, Claudia Classon, and Libby Crowley. The group will be conducted by director Frances Slade. Tickets are $25, $35 and $45 and can be ordered through the group's website, www.princetonpromusica.org.

--C.
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Schnittke: Concerto for Choir

In addition to the choral concert this Saturday I mentioned here yesterday, a rival for your attentions may be the Canticum Novum and the Russian Chamber Chorus of New York performing Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Choir in a joint concert at 8 p.m. at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 552 West End Ave. at 87th St., New York City. Harold Rosenbaum, director of Canticum Novum, will conduct this performance.

On Sunday at 3 p.m., Nikolai Kachanov, director of the RCCNY, will conduct the same work with the same ensemble at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Avenue at 73rd St., New York City. The program for both will also include Arvo Part, Nikolai Golovanov, Yuri Yukachev and others.

Tickets are $15 for students and seniors and $20 for the rest of us. Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.rccny.org or www.canticumnovum.org for tickets and more information.

--C.
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