Our season concludes in a blaze of orchestral glory with Brahms’ First Symphony, a work of intense passion and soaring lyricism. Plus, Principal Bassoon Carin Miller displays her instrument’s suave tone and puckish agility in Villa-Lobos’s Ciranda das Sete Notas, while Gabriella Smith’s One serves as an urgent appeal to protect our fragile ecosystem.
Villa-Lobos: Ciranda das Sete Notas, Bassoon Concerto
Gabriela Smith: One
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
David Danzmayr, Conductor
Carin Miller, Bassoon
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