The Gift of Fire: VocalEssence Collaboration
Sunday, October 9 at 4pm
Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Concert Conversation at 3pm with composers
William Bolcom and Michael Daugherty
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, William Schrickel, Music Director & Conductor
Magnum Chorum, Christopher Aspaas, Music Director
The Singers, Matthew Culloton, Artistic Director
St. Olaf College Manitou Singers, Sigrid Johnson, Conductor
VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers, Philip Brunelle, Conductor
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Gustav Holst – The Hymn of Jesus, op. 37
William Bolcom – Prometheus (co-commissioned by VocalEssence)
Samuel Barber – Overture to The School for Scandal, op. 5
Michael Daugherty – Mount Rushmore (co-commissioned by VocalEssence)
Please note that this is a ticketed event: to purchase seats ($10, $20, $30, $40), phone 612-371-5656 or 800-292-4141. Ticket service fee may apply.
William Schrickel and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra celebrate the opening of the MSO’s 30th season in an extraordinary collaboration featuring music for massed choruses. The program includes premieres by two Grammy Award-winning composers: William Bolcom’s dramatic Prometheus features pianist Jeffrey Biegel and depicts the Greek god who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals, and Michael Daugherty’s inspiring Mount Rushmore sets the words of four great American presidents.