Songs of Innocence and of Experience
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Award-winning American masterpiece
Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 8:00pm
VocalEssence and a veritable host of performers representing all musical genres will bring William Bolcom's kaleidoscopic song cycle, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, to life at Orchestra Hall.
An ambitious setting of William Blake's 46 poems, this Grammy Award-winning work emerged over the course of 25 years of the composer's life, incorporating elements of classical, choral, rock, blues, country, reggae and folk music.
The VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers, the Minnesota Chorale, the Minnesota Boychoir and ten vocal soloists will perform the work with a 105-piece symphony orchestra — a total of over 400 musicians on stage! And the music will be illuminated with dramatic staging and projected images to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
These two concerts are the highlight of Illuminating Bolcom, a two-week festival of the composer's musical genius. Tickets for several other Illuminating Bolcom events, including an organ recital by David Higgs and a cabaret song performance at The Fitzgerald Theater with Bolcom at the piano, will be available for purchase this fall.
An ambitious setting of William Blake's 46 poems, this Grammy Award-winning work emerged over the course of 25 years of the composer's life, incorporating elements of classical, choral, rock, blues, country, reggae and folk music.
The VocalEssence Chorus & Ensemble Singers, the Minnesota Chorale, the Minnesota Boychoir and ten vocal soloists will perform the work with a 105-piece symphony orchestra — a total of over 400 musicians on stage! And the music will be illuminated with dramatic staging and projected images to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
These two concerts are the highlight of Illuminating Bolcom, a two-week festival of the composer's musical genius. Tickets for several other Illuminating Bolcom events, including an organ recital by David Higgs and a cabaret song performance at The Fitzgerald Theater with Bolcom at the piano, will be available for purchase this fall.
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