Vallejo: Vallejo Symphony – Fairy Tales

Concert on Saturday evening at 8pm and Sunday afternoon at 3pm

Julia Perry, Short Work for Orchestra

Edvard Grieg, Piano Concerto

Maurice Ravel, Ma mère l’oye (Mother Goose) Ballet

Ravel’s Mother Goose began its life as a group of piano miniatures, which later were brilliantly orchestrated, and then finally expanded into the ballet score that we will present to you. It is a magical score filled with wonder on every page, and finishes with one of the most-profound climaxes of the 20th century. Grieg’s Piano Concerto was to prove highly influential to impressionists such as Ravel, and its second movement is a heartfelt response to the birth of his daughter. I’m especially excited to present the work of Julia Perry, an African-American woman living in the mid-20th century, whose brilliantly-crafted music is a unique expression of neoclassical sensibilities distilled through the challenges she faced as a female composer of color in the United States.

More information here.