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Made in Vermont with The Moth Radio Hour – Stowe
VSO’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sonny-Ray Day Rider and more are interspersed with and underscore storytelling about summer family camping adventures, an angel in the winter, road trips, and narration of Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge writings. The concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony based on musical themes the composer wrote as a child. Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.
Moth Radio Story Hour storytellers: Bill Patton, Stephen P. Kiernan, Susanne Schmidt
PROGRAM
Joaquin Turina – La oración del torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer)
Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour
Sonny-Ray Day Rider – The Grief Eater Firaga, II. Blood Elegy
Edward Elgar – Sospiri
Leroy Anderson – Plink, Plank, Plunk
Intermission
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite
I. Praeludium, allegro vivace
III. Gavotte
Edward Elgar/Reed – Chanson de matin
Benjamin Britten – Simple Symphony
I. Boisterous Bourrée
II. Playful Pizzicato
IV. Frolicsome Finale
This concert is generously supported by Trust Company of Vermont and generous individual donors.
This concert is produced in partnership with:
