NIC orchestra has 'World on a String'

North Idaho College’s Cardinal Chamber Orchestra will present “The World on a String” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28 in Boswell Hall in the Schuler Performing Arts Center on NIC’s main campus in Coeur d’Alene. The concert is free and open to the public.

This concert will feature the 10-piece orchestra performing music of the Baroque and classical eras and showcasing modern film music.

The concert will begin with the overture from Mozart’s comic opera, “The Marriage of Figaro.” An overture is an orchestral introduction to a musical work, typically a ballet or opera, but can be an independent musical composition. This overture is well-known and widely performed independently as a concert piece.

The orchestra will perform another classic -- Joseph Haydn’s “String Quartet No. 5 in D Major ‘The Lark’ Op. 64,” a four-movement symphony by one of the great composers of the Classical Era. The first movement begins with an unforgettable high on the first violin’s highest-pitch string that soars over the staccato march-like accompaniment of the three instruments. The slow movement is a poignant meditation, while the danceable minuet is interrupted by one of Haydn’s earthy trios. The finale is a splendidly light-fingered, hectic hubbub that has been likened to the British sailors' dance, the hornpipe.

Along with these masterworks from the string repertoire, the group will perform music from the 2005 film “Pride and Prejudice" and Patrick Doyle’s orchestral score for “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.”

The closing number of the concert will be “Orawa” by Wojciech Kilar. Kilar is a Polish classical and film composer most known for composing the score to “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” in 1992. “Orawa” is inspired by highland folklore. Since its first performance in Zakopane, Poland in 1986, it has been a hit in concert halls, delighting with its spontaneity, energy and temperament.

For more information, contact NIC Director of Bands Bryan Hannaford at 208-769-3258 or bryan.hannaford@nic.edu.