“Amid the Blinding Snow” and other premieres

On Feb­ru­ary 20 at 3pm at the Bell and Barter The­ater in Rock­away, New Jer­sey, Richard D. Rus­sell will pre­miere sev­eral new pieces: “Three Part­ings” with texts by Lord Byron, “Are You Dig­ging on My Grave?” based on Thomas Hardy’s humor­ous poem, and “Amid the Blind­ing Snow” based on a poem by Elis­a­beth Sid­well. The con­cert is being pre­sented by In Mid Air Pro­duc­tions.

From the press release: “In Feb­ru­ary we think of of Valentine’s Day, with its cel­e­bra­tion of flir­ta­tion, love, and romance. But it is also a cold, bar­ren time, and so In Mid Air Pro­duc­tions offers up a twist, pay­ing trib­ute to love gone wrong in ¬†“Amid the Blind­ing Snow.”

The con­cert will also fea­ture music by Robert Butts and Kevin McCarter.