RADFORD -- A concert celebrating Valentine’s Day will be presented Tuesday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m., in the Norwood Room of the Bondurant Center for the Arts, 1129 East Main St., Radford. The event is sponsored by the Radford University music department.

“Yearning for the Beloved: An Evening of German Songs” features baritone Lynn Thompson and pianist Chung-Ha Kim.  The program includes Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved) and Schumann’s Dichterliebe (The Poet's Love).  

Thompson and Kim will present a master class on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 3 - 4 p.m., in RU’s Powell Hall 101. Performances include music by RU students Clara Lee, Rachel Matthews, Andrew Goins, Joshua Younger, Nichole Roles and Ashley Wilkinson.

Admission is free and open to the public. To learn more, call the music department at (540) 831-5177 or e-mail music professor Lucy Mauro at lmauro@radford.edu.