The Coastal Symphony of Georgia Presents EMOTIONS
Wesley Church at Frederica 6520 Frederica Rd., Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522
This classical music concert conducted by Michelle Merrill, features music drawn from emotional experiences.
EMOTIONS opens with 20th Century Austrian composer, Anton Webern’s Langsamer Satz, a work inspired by a hiking trip in Lower Austria. A luscious work for strings, it expresses a plethora of emotions from yearning to dramatic turmoil to a tranquil peaceful denouement.
Next, Johan Bach transports us back to a Baroque salon with his Oboe d’amore Concerto. It has been called a cheerful, enticing work that makes happy and heals the heart. Reworked from a concerto for harpsichord into an oboe concerto with strings, the work shows Bach’s mastery in incorporating the oboe into his compositions. Daniel Rios is the CSG Clarence Heagy Principal Oboe Chair, and he plays oboe and English Horn with the Jacksonville Symphony. He has been a member of the San Antonio and Wichita Symphonies, the Tulsa Opera, and the Boston Philharmonic and played with orchestras nationwide.
Current American composer Quinn Mason’s shimmering Princesa de la Luna for harp and strings will enchant us. It is full of imagery of moonlit nights, celestial elegance, perhaps a touch of magic all of which Mason contrasts with a strong, modern feel in a blend of tradition and innovation.
The concert will close with 20th Century composer Dimitri Shostakovich’s powerful and deeply personal Chamber Symphony. It was written for quartet in three days after he reluctantly joined the communist party and later transcribed for chamber orchestra. There is a sense of urgency throughout the symphony performed in five interconnected movements, suggesting Shostakovich’s internal struggle with the political realities surrounding him.
For tickets: visit coastalsymphonyofgeorgia.org or call (912) 634-2006
