Two works of Spanish flare and heartfelt sentiment will end our season in high spirits! Emmanual de Falla’s Three Dances and Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez for solo guitar and orchestra are works that never fail to captivate and uplift. We are thrilled to have rising star guitarist Hoa Wang join us for the concerto. An enchanting player of the highest musicality and skills, Ms. Wang will make you love the classical guitar! The program begins with Englishman Gustav Holst’s exuberant tribute to America’s 19th century poet Walt Whitman of whom Ezra Pound said, he is “America’s poet....He is America.” Inspired by the words and music of American revolutionary period, composer William Billings, 20th century American composer William Schumann’s New England Triptych reflects Billings’ “spirit of sinewy ruggedness, deep religiosity, and patriotic fervor.” A concert not to be missed!

Barber.  Adagio for Strings

Holst Walt Whitman Overture

Schumann. New England Triptych

Rodrigo. Guitar Concerto

De Falla. Three Dances

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