3837 - Welcome the Darker Half of the Year: A Hallowe’en/Samhain Concert (Judith Costello)
Course Description
In a one-day OLLI course (Zoom-only), we will listen to the traditional Gregorian chant Dies Irae (“Day of Wrath”) and explore some of the classical music of doom and death — by, among other composers, Liszt, Chopin, Berlioz, and Respighi — based upon this simple medieval melody.
Shakespeare’s witches also make an appearance, as does Goethe’s famous character, the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, in music of Paul Dukas.
Please join us for a musical celebration of the spookiest, most profound, holiday in the calendar.
Bio: Judith Mann Costello is a native of Oak Park, Illinois, where she divided her first 20 years between the family bookstore founded by her grandfather and the Frank Lloyd Wright home where she was raised. She has lived in NYC, Florida, and Michigan, and, since 1984, in the Atlanta area. Educated at Northwestern University and Hunter College, she holds a degree in Music Journalism from the University of South Florida. Following a long career as a classical music host for NPR stations WUSF and WFBE, Judith spent 25 years as academic and political officer for the Canadian Consulate General in Atlanta, retiring in 2013.