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WORLD PREMIERE: WHAT MUSIC IS Thomas Heuser, conductor Bill Barclay, composer and creator Shawn Feeney, animator and producer Claude Debussy, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune Jessie Montgomery, Starburst for Orchestra (2020) Edward Elgar, “Nimrod” from the Enigma Variations Kaija Saariaho, Asteroid 4179: Toutatis (2004) Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1, “Classical” Gustav Holst, “Jupiter” […]

PASSION MEETS PRECISION Thomas Heuser, conductor Julia Perry, Short Piece for Orchestra (1952) Bela Bartok, Hungarian Peasant Songs (1933) Side by Side with Student Musicians Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major (1944) Twentieth century musical expression became a highly personal vernacular. Julia Perry wrote music that echoes Stravinsky, even as a Kentucky native. […]