“[Ellisor] can take materials out of diverse non-classical traditions and marry them with classical ideas and methods so that each tradition retains its distinctiveness within a whole greater than the sum of its parts.” –Marcel Smith, Nashville Scene
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer
Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer
The Chamber Classics season comes to a close with a program of Americana and the outdoors. Stephen Seifert makes his KSO debut performing on the Appalachian dulcimer.
WORKS INCLUDED:
CHARLES IVES Symphony No. 3, “The Camp Meeting”
CONNI ELLISOR Blackberry Winter (Appalachian Dulcimer Concerto)
JOSEPH HAYDN Symphony No. 6, “Morning”
Why You Will Love This Program:
- Conni Ellisor’s Blackberry Winter will sound right in season here in East Tennessee! A “blackberry winter” is a period of cold weather in late spring when blackberries are in bloom.
- Don’t be intimidated by the name Charles Ives! Though this innovative American composer could write music that sounds shocking, his Third Symphony (which won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize), uses familiar American hymn tunes and folk songs as its melodic basis, evoking a camp meeting in three parts: Old Folks Gatherin’; Children’s Day; and Communion
- Joseph Haydn’s “Morning” Symphony sounds like a breath of fresh morning air, complete with a musical sunrise and birdsongs.
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