LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The Lima Symphony Chorus joined the Lima Symphony Orchestra to bring more serious themes to the stage Saturday evening.
The performance, "Joyful, Joyful," explored the inevitability of death through 19th-century ballads. With the chorus, Saturday's concert had around 170 musicians sharing the stage. The addition of vocalists also allows the symphony to portray more detailed narratives, such as pieces about the death of a young child or a siren drawing sailors to their graves. After tackling dark subjects, the concert's second half had a more triumphant and positive tone- a nod to the good and bad of life itself.
"Music allows us to express our emotions and to process things I think in a different way. And not every day is joyful, and so it really is just kind of life, and it allows us to explore and to kind of process those darker themes while also ending on a very optimistic note," explained Elizabeth Brown-Ellis, the executive director of the LSO.
The symphony's season finale is on April 6th, featuring the world premiere of work by the award-winning composer Evan Williams.
