Mary Wilson, soprano
RAVEL Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose)
BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Also playing Sunday, October 10 at 2:30 p.m. in Iowa City at West High School.
The indoor classical concert season starts with a program containing three pieces inspired by youth.
Ravel’s Mother Goose is the French impressionist’s portrait of five classic fairy tales: Sleeping Beauty; Beauty and the Beast; Tom Thumb; Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas; and The Fairy Garden.
The American composer Samuel Barber depicts an idyllic evening as narrated by a child in his Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
Orchestra Iowa marks the beginning of a year-long tribute to Gustav Mahler with his Symphony No. 4, which uses the song “Das himmlische Leben” describing a child’s vision of heaven.
Mary Wilson, who moved audiences with her performance in the Mozart Requiem, returns as soloist in the Barber and Mahler.
Patrons are invited to join Maestro Hankewich and members of the Orchestra following the performance to share their concert experience:
Saturday @ Zins, 227 2nd Avenue SE, Cedar Rapids
Sunday @ One Twenty Six & Hearth, 126 E. Washington Street, Iowa City
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