The Planets & Beyond

10.03.26 | 7:30PM

Community Concert Hall, Durango

SJS Chamber Singers, Amy Barrett, director

Durango Women’s Choir, Rhonda Muckerman, director

San Juan Symphony

Thomas Heuser, conductor

    John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Mélanie Bonis, Le Songe de Cléopâtre, Op. 165

    Gustav Holst, The Planets (1914-1916)

Fasten your seatbelts for a concert of epic proportions! American composer John Adams slings the orchestra into high gear with his brilliant Short Ride in a Fast Machine, which propels us into Gustav Holst’s The Planets – a grand tour of the solar system. From Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity to Mars the Warrior and the wonderfully abstract Neptune, the music depicts Holst’s unique interpretations of each larger-than-life astrological character. Maestro Heuser and the San Juan Symphony will be joined by members of the SJS Chamber Singers and the Durango Women’s Chorus for this impactful musical experience. Our audiences will also be introduced to Mélanie Bonis, a rarely performed French avante-garde composer whose life and music are brimming with energy and drama. Her evocative tone poem, Le Songe de Cléopatre, is part of the huge orchestral triptych Trois Femmes de légende. Expect to be awash in incredible harmonies and the richness of this unusually massive orchestra.

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