Smetana, Elgar, Mendelssohn, and Sibelius are highlighted in a thrilling program that celebrates the beauty, power, and mystery of the sea. The program opens with Hebrides Overture, a work conceived by Mendelssohn’s Scottish trip and his visit to Fingal’s Cave, which inspired his musical representation of the eerie sounds produced by the echoes of waves. Soprano, Eliza Dopira joins the orchestra to sing Elgar’s evocative song cycle, Sea Pictures, based on poems evoking fear and fascination with the sea. Kristin Naigus will be featured on Jean Sibelius’ haunting and solitary lament, The Swan of Tuonela. A beautifully mystical work, this is certainly some of Sibelius’ most picturesque writing, pulling us into a vast, eternal soundscape of slowly-shifting colors. The concert is rounded out with two of the most popular and rousing works in the orchestral repetoire, Smetana’s Die Moldau and Sibelius’ Finlandia.

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