Event Details

Mozart: Incidental Music from Thamos, King of Egypt
Ravi Shankar: Concerto for sitar & orchestra
Kodaly: Summer Evening
Haydn: Symphony No. 99 in E-flat major

7PM - Pre-concert lecture with George Marriner Maull, Artistic Director of The Discovery Orchestra.

Music has the power to transcend differences, crossing borders, time and space. Here are four composers who have blended folk elements and the music of different cultures into their work. Mozart looked to the stories of Egypt, Haydn’s travels expanded his trademark blend of grandeur, humor and charm, Kodály embraced the folk music of Eastern Europe in his rapturous Summer Evening, and Ravi Shankar has synthesized classical and folk Indian music with Western forms, handing these traditions from father to daughter in a work written especially for his daughter Anoushka.

Official website of Anoushka Shankar
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Official website of The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Listen to The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on MySpace

Orpheus Raga Video Project Debuts January 21

Orpheus Raga is a web-based video chronicling Orpheus Chamber Orchestra's experience with the premiere of Ravi Shankar's Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra, from first-read to final performance. This 12-part mini-documentary series will follow the orchestra through the process of practicing, rehearsing, and performing this unique collaboration with Anoushka Shankar. The program will debut January 21 with new webisodes posted daily until February 1. A total of twelve episodes of three to five minutes in length will be available by the project's conclusion.

Register today to have access to all videos beyond the day of their initial post.