Bloomington Chamber Singers presents the regional premiere of James Whitbourn’s Annelies on Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 PM, in a site-specific performance at The Warehouse, 1525 S. Rogers Street, Bloomington. Gerald Sousa, now in his 25th year as Artistic Director of the Chamber Singers, will conduct the sixty-voice choral ensemble, soprano soloist, and instrumentalists.

The choral memories and reflections of Annelies are inspired by the diary of Anne Frank. Whitbourn uses Anne’s remarkable and penetrating observations to set a series of vignettes, beginning with the Frank family’s plan to go into hiding and ending with their capture and transfer to the concentration camp. Originally premiering as a work for chorus and large orchestra, Whitbourn has since prepared an additional scoring of the piece as chamber music, replacing the orchestra with a quartet of violin, clarinet, cello, and piano. In its recast form the work takes on a plaintive, transparent, and vulnerable quality, poignantly reflecting the isolation and inner struggles of the family in self-imposed captivity. Each scene in this production will be illuminated by large-screen projections drawn from archives of the period, to inspire profound reflections on issues that are universal and painfully relevant in our time.

Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students with a valid ID, and may be purchased at the door or in advance from choir members or through the BCT Box Office, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. (www.buskirkchumley.org 812-323-3020). For additional information, including a press packet please visit: www.chambersingers.info.

Cost: $20 GA, $10 Students (w/ valid ID)

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