Free Concert: 'Annelies'

Annelies, the First Authorized Musical Setting of The Diary of Anne Frank, to Be Performed by Harmonium Choral Society Oheb Shalom Congregation in South Orange, New Jersey, will present Harmonium Chorale Society’s performance of James Whitbourn’s Annelies, on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 8:00 PM. Annelies, a unique and moving concert-length work, is the first authorized musical setting of The Diary of Anne Frank. Open to the community. FREE admission if reservations are made in advance by October 31, 2014. Register online at www.ohebshalom.org. If you do not have access to a computer, call (973) 762-7067. Tickets after October 31, 2014 and at the door: $10/person. Parking will be available at Oheb Shalom and the neighboring side streets. Additional parking will be located at Sharey Tefilo-Israel, with a shuttle bus providing round trip service to Oheb Shalom. James Whitbourn is an internationally-renowned composer of choral music. Spending time in the annex where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis where he could hear the birds and church bells that she most likely heard additionally inspired his work, which was set to the libretto compiled and translated from the diary by Melanie Challenger. This choral work received a 2014 Grammy nomination for Best Choral Recording. Harmonium Choral Society is a leading choral arts organization in New Jersey, founded in 1979 and based in Morristown. Its all-volunteer chorus has been under the artistic direction of Dr. Anne Matlack since 1987. Instruments and multi-media will enhance the chorus’s performance of Annelies. This special event is generously underwritten by the Jonah Solkoff Eskin Memorial Fund of Oheb Shalom Congregation, a Conservative egalitarian congregation founded in 1860 and located in South Orange, New Jersey. Oheb Shalom Congregation is located at 170 Scotland Road, South Orange, New Jersey.