University Chamber Orchestra to present 'The River' at Roselle Center for the Arts

8:39 a.m., April 13, 2015--The University of Delaware Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of James Allen Anderson, will present The River at 8 p.m., Friday, April 17, in the Gore Recital Hall of the Roselle Center for the Arts.

The lecture-recital program will begin with a panel discussion examining the political and ecological atmosphere of the 1930s that led to the creation of the documentary film The River, directed by Pare Lorentz, and how the film score by Virgil Thomson supported the efforts of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

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That will be followed by a screening of the film, with the score performed live by the UD Chamber Orchestra.

Thomson's score for the 1937 WPA documentary is in four movements: The Old South, Industrial Expansion in the Mississippi Valley, Soil Erosion and Floods and Finale.

Aaron Copland called the suite a "lesson in how to treat Americana."

Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for UD faculty and staff, alumni and senior adults, and $5 for students. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance through the REP box office in the Roselle Center for the Arts. Call 302-831-2204 or email cfa-boxoffice@udel.edu.