Ticketing
Mozart, Schubert & Gruber
Perkinson Center for the Arts & EducationFranz Schubert was just 19 when he composed his First Symphony. Developing swiftly, his Fifth is a work of charm and grace. From our own time, H.K. Gruber’s pieces, written in 1968 for his MOB ensemble, are joyful and jazzy. This “close to home” concert opens with Mozart’s sparkling overture to his greatest opera: The […]
Goodyear’s Serenade for Strings
Perkinson Center for the Arts & EducationThe rhythmic precision Artist in Residence Stewart Goodyear brings a to his playing is also at the core of his compositions. His Serenade for Strings complements the Prelude for Strings of Julia Perry. Her 1946 meditation offers sonorous solace to the soul. The concerts culminate with the precocious First Symphony by the 15-year-old Felix Mendelssohn.
Appalachian Spring
Perkinson Center for the Arts & EducationTwo beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed as her fiancé, and all of the Empire, departed for war.
Haydn’s Drum Roll
Perkinson Center for the Arts & EducationThe Symphony existed before Franz Josef Haydn, but it was he who formed how we experience it. He composed an astonishing 104 Symphonies, with the “Drum Roll” one of his final masterworks in the form. The Orchestra’s Jeannette Jang plays Haydn’s joyful Violin Concerto in C. This Haydn pairing bookends the energized Zoom! of Shawn Okpebholo, one […]