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Unread 06-27-2021, 04:14 PM
Julie Steiner Julie Steiner is offline
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Default Poetry in the SDSO's To the Earth festival

Some here might enjoy the poems by Joy Harjo, Emily Dickinson, Wendell Berry, and others, woven into three programs of symphonic music in this free virtual event by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra.

The three videos will remain accessible for a limited time at:
https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/tic...arth-festival/


TO THE EARTH: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE EARTH


MORNING: BIRDS AND LIGHT

HAYDN: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Le Matin (Morning)
MESSIAEN: Le merle noir (The Blackbird)
MISSY MAZZOLI: The Sound of Light
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS songbirdsongs (Excerpts)

Poetry by JOY HARJO and JOHN HAINES
(Read by Ariel Sanchez and Sabrina Webster)

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NOON: THE RUSH OF WATER

DEBUSSY: Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun" (arr. Sachs/Schoenberg)
GABRIELA ORTIZ: Vitrales de ambar (Stained Glasses of Amber)
TAN DUN: Water Music for Percussion Ensemble (Excerpts)
HAYDN: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Le Midi (Noon)

Poetry by EMILY DICKINSON and MONICA SANCHEZ ESCUER
(Read by Hope-Elizabeth Dagdagan, Madeleine McCullough and Ariel Sanchez)

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EVENING: THE EARTH RESTS

OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Mariel
L. BOULANGER: D’un soir triste (Of a Sad Evening)
HAYDN: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Le Soir (Evening)
FREDERIC RZEWSKI: To the Earth for Speaking Percussionist (Text: Homeric Hymn)

Poetry by WENDELL BERRY and GILL SOTU (world premiere; SDSO commission)
(Read by Steven Schick and performed by Gill Sotu)
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Unread 06-28-2021, 03:21 PM
F.F. Teague F.F. Teague is offline
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Julie, this looks brilliant; I shall certainly take a look.

Thanks,
Fliss
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Unread 06-28-2021, 09:44 PM
Martin Elster Martin Elster is offline
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Thanks, Julie. I listened to some of it last night before I went to bed. I'm going to watch the other parts too. The composers, musicians, and poets are awesome.
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