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SUMMARY:Ode to Lotta - Concert and Reception
LOCATION:Sanctuary\, 949 West 49th Avenue\, Vancouver\, BC V5Z 2T1\, Canada
DESCRIPTION:Ode to Lotta is a choral cantata with narration that explores the remarkable life story of beloved humanitarian\, Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova\, (1909-1990)\, founder of the Unitarian Service Committee\, Canada.\n\nThe cantata includes choral settings of poems by William Shakespeare\, Victor Hugo\, and Emily Dickinson\; choral arrangements of an Erik Satie piano piece and a Gustav Mahler art song\; three new choral creations that evoke different aspects of Lotta’s life\; plus “A Hymn to Biodiversity\,” which celebrates the important agricultural program Seeds of Survival that Lotta’s organization (now named Seed Change) developed after her passing.
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