VSO’s string orchestra is joined by The Moth Radio Hour guests from Vermont for a concert with storytelling at its heart. Music by Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Sonny-Ray Day Rider and more are interspersed with and underscore storytelling about summer family camping adventures, a beauty pageant, road trips, and narration of Robert Frost and Calvin Coolidge writings. The concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony based on musical themes the composer wrote as a child.

PROGRAM

Andrew Crust, conductor
Moth Radio Story Hour storytellers: Susanne Schmidt, Tom Baginski, Bill Patton

Joaquin Turina – La oración del torero (The Bullfighter’s Prayer)

Edward Elgar – Salut d’amour

Sonny-Ray Day Rider – The Grief Eater Firaga, II. Blood Elegy

Edward Elgar – Sospiri

Leroy Anderson – Plink, Plank, Plunk

Intermission

Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite
I. Praeludium, allegro vivace
III. Gavotte

Edward Elgar/Reed – Chanson de matin

Benjamin Britten – Simple Symphony
I. Boisterous Bourrée
II. Playful Pizzicato
IV. Frolicsome Finale

This concert is generously supported by Trust Company of Vermont and Francis & Carol DeVine. We are thankful for the May D. Goodman Fund, held at Maple Capital Management, and its underwriting of VSO orchestral performances in the Manchester area.

Enjoy dinner at SVAC’s curATE café before the screening. Visit OpenTable for reservations or call 802.362.9100.