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Vermont Symphony Orchestra: Paradise and Light

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October 29, 2022: 6:00 pm

At long last the VSO Chorus rejoins the Orchestra for a return to the Flynn including two fascinating choral works. The concert features the world premiere of Dr. Matthew Evan Taylor‘s piece, from despair … Light!, which forms part of his African American Requiem Series.

from despair…Light! explores gospel choral traditions of hymn lining, touching on themes of grief, loss, and shared healing. Vaughan Williams’ Toward the Unknown Region, set to poetry by Walt Whitman, celebrates the spirit of youthful adventure. These choral pieces in the first half are accompanied by a subtly nuanced work for strings by Augusta Read Thomas, a self-described poet-composer based in Chicago.

VSO Music Director candidate James Burton concludes the evening with Dvorak’s richly melodic Symphony No. 7, which the composer hoped would be “capable of stirring the world.”

The concert begins at 7:30 pm and is preceded at 6:30 pm by Musically Speaking, a free pre-concert discussion that provides entertaining insight into the evening’s program.

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PROGRAM

Matthew Evan Taylor – from despair…Light!
Augusta Read Thomas – Of Paradise and Light
Vaughan Williams – Toward the Unknown Region
Dvorak – Symphony No. 7

Details

Date:
October 29, 2022
Time:
6:00 pm
Cost:
$8.35 – $54.23
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Website:
https://www.flynnvt.org/Events/2022/10/VSO-Paradise-and-Light

Organizer

Elise Brunelle
Phone
(802) 864-5741
Email
elise@vso.org

Venue

Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
153 Main St
Burlington, VT 05401 United States
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$8.35 – $54.23