Saturay September 28 at 1 pm
Dorothy Alling Memorial Library
Dressed in period costume,Linda Radtke takes listeners through state history, using the songs Vermonters published in their communities. She will be accompanied by Arthur Zorn on piano.
From the earliest published song, ‘Green Mountain Farmer” (1798), though 1850 temperance ballads, Civil War era songs, to songs about Vermonters Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Dewey, and Jim Fiske, singer and researcher Linda Radtke joined by pianist Arthur Zorn bring Vermont history to life with engaging commentary about the songs found in the Vermont Historical Society’s collection of sheet music.
Linda Radtke, mezzo-soprano, has served as the principal alto soloist for the Mozart Festival and the Gilbert and Sullivan Players with the Oriana Singers, and is a founding member of Robert DeCormier's professional vocal ensemble, Counterpoint. She also sings with a vocal quartet, Ah!Capella, sponsored by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, which brings music to Vermont schools.
Sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council and the Friends of the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library.
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