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Take to the Sky
SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020
7:00 pm - Great Lakes Center for the Arts
Libor Ondras, Conductor
Dmitiri Berlinsky, Guest violinst
"...Mr. Berlinsky brought something of his own to the music, namely a flexibility of phrasing that let him find fresh twists in the work's familiar passions." -The New York Times
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, “Pastoral Symphony”The "Pastoral Symphony, or Recollections of Country Life" expresses Beethoven’s affinity for nature and his love for walks through the country outside Vienna.Vaughn Williams, Lark Ascending Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a gentle, introspective work. It is one of the supreme achievements of English landscape painting extoling the untroubled joys of nature, the call of the lark, and the genial folk music of earlier times.Resphighi, Gli Uccelli “The Birds”
This suite of pieces is based on various 18th century composers. The Birds is an attempt to depict the bird songs and fluttering wings of the Dove, the Hen, the Nightingale and the Cuckoo.
Einojuhani Rautavaara, Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61
Probably Rautavaara’s best-known work, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra, incorporates tape recordings of birdsongs recorded near the Artic Circle and on the bogs of Liminka in northern Finland.
This performance will be at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts. Pre-Concert Talk with Music Director Libor Ondras at 6:00 PM.
Reserved Seating: $50, $35, $25
Ages 18 and under are FREE.
Please call 231.487.0010 for handicap seats.
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