Cache Chamber Orchestra Performs Nov. 22 at USU

The Cache Chamber Orchestra performs Sunday, Nov. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall on the Utah State University campus (approximately 1110 E. 610 North, Logan).

 

The concert is free and tickets are not required.

 

Directed by Robert Frost, the community-based orchestra is in its 36th season. The recent addition of university-age students has increased the size of the orchestra and its diversity, Frost said. Many USU students performing with the orchestra receive university credit for their participation and also represent a wide range of academic disciplines. The Cache Chamber Orchestra is sponsored by USU’s Department of Music and the Caine School of the Arts.

 

In the Sunday concert, the orchestra will perform Handel’s Concerta Grosso in B Major and features soloists Rachel Holmes and Emily Wakeley on oboes and Janice McAllister and Leslie Steed, violins.

 

Other soloists include Anna Whiteley and Vaughn William who play Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’ for String Orchestra and Harp.

 

“This is an expansive work that requires each of the string sections to divide into multiple parts thus creating a very full and lush string sound,” Frost said. “The melody is English and is modal in character. The harp is featured as an accompaniment instrument at times as well as having extensive solo passages. It is a beautiful work and requires much expressive playing on behalf of all members or the orchestra.”

 

Other repertoire includes Symphony No. 1 by Frederick the Great, Air and Gavotte by Arthur Foote, Serenade by Wiren and Symphony No. 49 by Joseph Haydn.

 

The Haydn Symphony features a small orchestra (an orchestra within the orchestra), Frost said.

 

“Since the orchestra has grown significantly over the past several years, I felt it appropriate to select members who have been with the orchestra for some time to form this smaller orchestra,” he said. “In addition to the string section, the Symphony requires two horns and two oboes.”

 

Symphony No. 1 by Frederick the Great is from the Baroque era and follows the typical symphony outline of three movements: fast, slow, fast. It is a high spirited selection and a great way to begin the concert, Frost said.

 

The orchestra will expand to a full symphony to perform in the Logan Tabernacle Dec. 

 

 

Contact: Robert Frost, 435-563-5090; rsfrost@pcu.net