The Vermont Philharmonic opens its 65th season with a concert featuring three centuries of connections in orchestral music. Performances will take place on Saturday, October 21st at 7:30 pm at the Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro and on Sunday, October 22nd at 2:00 pm at the Barre Opera House.
The program featured Symphony No. 2 in D major, written in 1779 by Joseph Bologne, the first classical composer of African descent who rose to stardom across Europe and was nicknamed “Chevalier of Saint-Georges” by Marie Antoinette. to start.
Florence Price wrote “Ethiopia’s Shadow in America” 150 years after the Saint-Georges Symphony. Its three movements are “The Arrival of the First Black Man Brought to America as a Slave,” “His Resignation and Faith,” and “His Adaptation – The Fusion of His Natural and Acquired Drives.” ” is drawn. Price, an African American who graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1906, has been undervalued during his lifetime and for nearly 70 years after his death. In 2009, many of her more than 300 works were discovered in an abandoned villa and are currently attracting attention.
The program concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” written in 1893 during a three-year stay in the United States. Dvorak uses elements of spiritual music and Native American music. Legend has it that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon to record this symphony during his historic Apollo 11 mission on June 20, 1969.
Founded in 1959 by John Borowitz, professor emeritus of music at Norwich University, the Vermont Philharmonic is Vermont’s oldest community orchestra and is comprised of professional and talented amateur musicians from across the state. Since 1993, the orchestra’s home has been the Barre Opera House, and since 1999 Lou Kozma has been its music director.
Tickets: $20 for adults, $15 for seniors, $5 for students.available online vermontphilharmonic.com Or at the door.
Saturday, October 21st Solaris 10th Anniversary Concert
The Solaris Vocal Ensemble will kick off its new season with a 10th anniversary concert at the First Unitarian Universalist Association in downtown Burlington on Saturday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m.
This concert is free, but donations will be accepted and donated at the door. Vermont Flood Response and Recovery Fund Sponsored by the Vermont Community Foundation.
In addition to Solaris, the event will feature several other artists, including the Aurora Chamber Singers, Bella Voce Women’s Choir, Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble, First Unitarian Universalist Association Burlington Choir, and the UVM Catamount Singers. A guest choir will perform.
After performing individual songs, the choir performed “Bound for the Promised Land” and “May the Circle Be Unbroken,” arranged by Mack Wilberg and arranged by Solaris’ James Stewart. I’m planning on singing along. Local favorites, the 17-piece Jaws Big Band, close out the program with a blend of American jazz standards.
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington is located at 152 Pearl Street, Burlington. Solaris will also hold his holiday concert in Waterbury on December 17th. Find out more online. solarisamble.org.
