The University of Iowa School of Music will present a free concert by the choral ensembles Camerata and Kantorei at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

Camerata’s repertoire is linguistically and stylistically varied, encompassing six languages and several historical eras. The program begins with jubilant Biblical settings, continues with two nobility-themed works, and concludes with several folk songs from across the globe.

The program:

• Cantate Domino by Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni
• Rejoice in the Lord Alway by Henry Purcell
• The Last Words of David by Randall Thompson
• Placido è il mar from Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• The Turtle Dove, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
• Gentle Annie, arr. Edwin Fissinger
• Tonerna, arr. Leland B. Sateren
• Diu Diu Deng, arr. Chen Yi
• Mungu Ni Pendo, arr. Robert Gower

Kantorei’s program encompasses music representative of a wide variety of styles and historical musical periods. The program opens with a French chanson and madrigal from the Renaissance, then shifts to a set of four songs representing the dramatic and expressive music of Romanticism, and finally closes with a variety of 20th-century compositions.

The program:

• Le Chant des Oiseaux by Clément Janequin
• Dainty Fine Bird by Orlando Gibbons
• Os Justi by Anton Bruckner
• Le Ballet des Ombres by Hector Berlioz
• Nunc Dimittis by Gustav Holst
• As Torrents in Summer by Edward Elgar
• Six Chansons by Paul Hindemith
• Musick’s Empire by Lloyd Pfautsch
• Soldier, Soldier, Won’t You Marry Me? by Robert DeCormier
• With a Lily in Your Hand by Eric Whitacre

The School of Music is part of the Division of Performing Arts in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For accommodations at the concert contact the School of Music at 319-335-1603. For a UI arts calendar and details about upcoming events visit the new Arts Iowa website.