The Eastern Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensemble journeyed through time with music on Sunday.

The performance was called “A Musical Journey though Time,” and the music performed ranged from the 17th through 21st century.

Sergei Pavlov, the conductor, said the stage is like an airport terminal and he is the audience’s travel agent leading them through the different periods of time with music.

Mark Cole, senior accounting major, said he went to the performance to watch his friend sing in the choir and said his favorite part of the performance was when a soloist trombone player performed.

Mark Rheaume, a soloist and music major, played the Ferdinand David “Trombone Concerto” with his trombone accompanied by the orchestra.

Ferdinand David “Trombone Concerto” was composed in the 19th century in Germany and is one of the few pieces performed by this composer, Pavlov said.

Erin Williams, a member of the choir, said the concert went pretty well.

Williams said her favorite selection from the concert was the song “Jesu! Rex admirabilis Pleni Sunt coeli.”

“It sounded beautiful and I loved performing it.” Williams said.

Williams said she is a member of the choir because it relieves stress and she loves singing.

The concert choir also performed poems by Dmitrii Schostakovitch, who was a composer from 20th in Russia.

The poems are dark and written during the period of Stalin when composers were told what to think and what to feel, Pavlov said.

The orchestra also performed music by Carl Maria Von Weber, who was a romantic German composer, Pavlov said.

Moria Tunison, soloist and music major with a teacher certification, performed the music by Carl Maria Von Weber with her clarinet.

Emily Draffkorn, a member of the choir and junior elementary education major, said the choir has been practicing for this concert since February.

Elizabeth Edwards can be reached at 581-2812 or eaedwards@eiu.edu.

Janet McCumber, an adjunct Instructor of Music, conducts the EIU Choirs and Eastern Symphony Orchestra as they perform Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria in Excelsis” and “Domine fili unigenite” during A Musical Journey Through Time Sunday in the Doudna Fine Arts

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