Just before Valentine?'s Day, lovers of choral music have the chance to hear the premiere of a work called ?"Un Bacio (A Kiss)?" in early February.
CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) will perform the new composition by Dr. Steven Sametz.
It?'s the ensemble'?s first commission, and is part of a program that also includes works by Ysaye Barnwell and Stephen Leek.
Below is a vocal piece written by Sametz, composed in a style similar to "Un Bacio":
Sametz is director of Choral Studies at Lehigh University and Music Director of the Princeton Singers.
He'?s also composing another work to premiere at the University of Connecticut in March, called "A Child?'s Requiem," written in honor of the victims of the Newtown tragedy.
Information on the CONCORA concert: The Dream Concert, Sunday February 1, 4:00 pm, at Immanuel Congregational Church at 10 Woodland Street in Hartford.