In the splendor of the sanctuary at Mission San Juan Bautista, Marin Alsop and the Festival Orchestra will bring the season to triumphal close with four works by a diverse group of composers. Chicago-based Stacy Garrop’s music is centered on direct and dramatic narrative; Thunderwalker has been celebrated as “a big, bold tour de force for large symphony orchestra that seizes your attention at once and refuses to let go.†(The Chicago Tribune)
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg returns to the Festival to perform in two works for solo violin and string orchestra, each written specifically for her. Fiery dynamism and innovation are the hallmarks of this internationally acclaimed violinist and she performs as soloist in Dreamscapes, a work by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad. Dreamscapes is loosely based upon the composer’s research on the subject of REM sleep and lucid dreaming. Salerno-Sonnenberg then performs in celebrated American composer Michael Daugherty’s Fallingwater, a work inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and four of his most admired buildings.
The evening culminates with the U.S. premiere of Three Songs without Words by distinguished German composer Detlev Glanert. Glanert is acclaimed for works that demonstrate his lyricism and a fascination with the past viewed from a modern perspective. Three Songs without Words was commissioned for the bicentenary celebration of Felix Mendelssohn. A Mitteldeutsche Zeitung review opined: “Glanert does justice at all times to the poetry in Mendelssohn’s music, to the delicacy of his melodies.â€
Between Concerts: Pack a basket and join other Festival-goers for between-concert picnicking in the Olive Grove adjacent to the Mission.
Post Evening Concert: Stroll to Jardines de San Juan restaurant (115 Third Street) to bid the season and its music-makers a fond farewell.
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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg returns to the Festival to perform in two works for solo violin and string orchestra, each written specifically for her. Fiery dynamism and innovation are the hallmarks of this internationally acclaimed violinist and she performs as soloist in Dreamscapes, a work by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad. Dreamscapes is loosely based upon the composer’s research on the subject of REM sleep and lucid dreaming. Salerno-Sonnenberg then performs in celebrated American composer Michael Daugherty’s Fallingwater, a work inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and four of his most admired buildings.
The evening culminates with the U.S. premiere of Three Songs without Words by distinguished German composer Detlev Glanert. Glanert is acclaimed for works that demonstrate his lyricism and a fascination with the past viewed from a modern perspective. Three Songs without Words was commissioned for the bicentenary celebration of Felix Mendelssohn. A Mitteldeutsche Zeitung review opined: “Glanert does justice at all times to the poetry in Mendelssohn’s music, to the delicacy of his melodies.â€
Between Concerts: Pack a basket and join other Festival-goers for between-concert picnicking in the Olive Grove adjacent to the Mission.
Post Evening Concert: Stroll to Jardines de San Juan restaurant (115 Third Street) to bid the season and its music-makers a fond farewell.
In the splendor of the sanctuary at Mission San Juan Bautista, Marin Alsop and the Festival Orchestra will bring the season to triumphal close with four works by a diverse group of composers. Chicago-based Stacy Garrop’s music is centered on direct and dramatic narrative; Thunderwalker has been celebrated as “a big, bold tour de force for large symphony orchestra that seizes your attention at once and refuses to let go.†(The Chicago Tribune)
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg returns to the Festival to perform in two works for solo violin and string orchestra, each written specifically for her. Fiery dynamism and innovation are the hallmarks of this internationally acclaimed violinist and she performs as soloist in Dreamscapes, a work by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad. Dreamscapes is loosely based upon the composer’s research on the subject of REM sleep and lucid dreaming. Salerno-Sonnenberg then performs in celebrated American composer Michael Daugherty’s Fallingwater, a work inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and four of his most admired buildings.
The evening culminates with the U.S. premiere of Three Songs without Words by distinguished German composer Detlev Glanert. Glanert is acclaimed for works that demonstrate his lyricism and a fascination with the past viewed from a modern perspective. Three Songs without Words was commissioned for the bicentenary celebration of Felix Mendelssohn. A Mitteldeutsche Zeitung review opined: “Glanert does justice at all times to the poetry in Mendelssohn’s music, to the delicacy of his melodies.â€
Between Concerts: Pack a basket and join other Festival-goers for between-concert picnicking in the Olive Grove adjacent to the Mission.
Post Evening Concert: Stroll to Jardines de San Juan restaurant (115 Third Street) to bid the season and its music-makers a fond farewell.
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Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg returns to the Festival to perform in two works for solo violin and string orchestra, each written specifically for her. Fiery dynamism and innovation are the hallmarks of this internationally acclaimed violinist and she performs as soloist in Dreamscapes, a work by Brazilian composer Clarice Assad. Dreamscapes is loosely based upon the composer’s research on the subject of REM sleep and lucid dreaming. Salerno-Sonnenberg then performs in celebrated American composer Michael Daugherty’s Fallingwater, a work inspired by the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and four of his most admired buildings.
The evening culminates with the U.S. premiere of Three Songs without Words by distinguished German composer Detlev Glanert. Glanert is acclaimed for works that demonstrate his lyricism and a fascination with the past viewed from a modern perspective. Three Songs without Words was commissioned for the bicentenary celebration of Felix Mendelssohn. A Mitteldeutsche Zeitung review opined: “Glanert does justice at all times to the poetry in Mendelssohn’s music, to the delicacy of his melodies.â€
Between Concerts: Pack a basket and join other Festival-goers for between-concert picnicking in the Olive Grove adjacent to the Mission.
Post Evening Concert: Stroll to Jardines de San Juan restaurant (115 Third Street) to bid the season and its music-makers a fond farewell.
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