Known for his ability to bring new audiences to the concert hall, the Montréal-born “disruptor-conductor” Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads a journey that touches on the beauty of nature and our need to care for our climate. The poetry of Wendy Jean MacLean is set by BC-based choral composer Nicholas Ryan Kelly in Earth, Beloved, a work that provides an uplifting message.
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, conductor
Biography to come.
Ensemble Laude
Biography to come.
Program notes to come.
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833—1897)
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
DUKE ELLINGTON (1899—1974)
The River (suite) <1970> (30’)
I. Spring
II. Meander
III. Giggling Rapids
IV. Lake
V. Vortex
VI. Falls
VII. Village of the Virgins
VIII. Riba
NICHOLAS RYAN KELLY (b.19xx- )
Earth Beloved (text by Wendy Jean MacLean) (13’)
AARON COPLAND (1900—1990)
Appalachian Spring: Suite (23’)
I. Very Slowly
II. Allegro
III. Moderato
IV. Allegro –
V. Meno Mosso
VI. As at first (slowly) – VII. Doppio movimento – VIII. Moderato