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Spotlight on Sowerby
May 1, 2020 marks the 125th birthday anniversary of the great American composer Leo Sowerby (1895–1968) who based most of his life and career in Chicago. We celebrate with a playlist of his music along with works by three of his most prominent students: Ned Rorem, William Ferris, and Florence Price.
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From Chicago-based composter Stacy Garrop comes INVICTUS, Latin for “unconquered.” The work unfolds across four movements and an interlude, moving between lyrical introspection, fierce determination, and triumphant resolve, with Grammy-nominated pianist Marta Aznavoorian and the Chicago Philharmonic under the direction of Artistic Director Scott Speck. Available 5/8.
Haymarket Opera Company presents early-18th-century master Leonardo Vinci’s rare operatic gem, Artaserse (1730). A prominent figure of the Neapolitan School of opera, whose work influenced composers such as Johann Adolph Hasse and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Vinci’s three-act opera seria centers on the Persian prince, Artaserse, who must bring his father’s murderer to justice amidst betrayal, deceit, and mistaken identity.
For the first full month of spring this year, an update of our original “Spring & Renewal” playlist (created in 2020), featuring pieces with themes of spring, creation, growing, nature, rebirth, and renewal.
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