Curious Flights concludes its 2015-2016 season with the West Coast Premiere of Marc Blitzstein's World War II epic The Airborne Symphony for orchestra, men's chorus, solo voices and narrator. Marin Symphony Music Director Alasdair Neale will lead the combined forces of the Curious Flights Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Merola Opera graduates Brian Thorsett (tenor) and Efrain Solis (baritone) and narrator David Latulippe in a rare performance that marks the 70th anniversary of its world premiere. The piece recounts the story of human flight from its inception in the imagination of Icarus to the powerful force it was used for during both World Wars.
Curious Flights concludes its 2015-2016 season with the West Coast Premiere of Marc Blitzstein's World War II epic The Airborne Symphony for orchestra, men's chorus, solo voices and narrator. Marin Symphony Music Director Alasdair Neale will lead the combined forces of the Curious Flights Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Merola Opera graduates Brian Thorsett (tenor) and Efrain Solis (baritone) and narrator David Latulippe in a rare performance that marks the 70th anniversary of its world premiere. The piece recounts the story of human flight from its inception in the imagination of Icarus to the powerful force it was used for during both World Wars.
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