BRATTLEBORO-The Windham Philharmonic will perform work by eight female composers in A Concert of Gratitude and Representation Monday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Latchis Theatre, 50 Main St.
The program spans 332 years, organizers said in a news release, and Kirsten C. Kunkle, Adrianne Greenbaum, Kelsey Gallagher, and Miriam Sharrock will premiere new work.
Kunkle, a classical soprano, wrote and will premiere a “solemn and ecstatic opener, ‘All of My People,’” according to the orchestra website (windhamphilharmonic.org).
Greenbaum, a klezmer and classical flutist, will debut her piece “FleytMuzik,” which organizers described as “a shepherd’s lament, a song of life, and a dance.” Gallagher will follow Greenbaum with “a new work for clarinet and noise.”
Sharrock’s “Quondam” will feature the orchestra’s newly donated timpani, with percussionist Steve Rice as soloist.
Other works will be the overture to the opera Céphale et Procris, by Élisabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre; the Adagio cantabile from Symphony No. 3 by Louise Farrenc; Cécile Chaminade’s “Scarf Dance;” and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s “Rissolty Rossolty.”
“Representation is the bringing-forth,” said Hugh Keelan, the Windham Philharmonic’s music director, explaining the title of the concert on the website. “Gratitude is what we feel when we smile at the stage and find ourselves reflected.”
The concert runs 70 minutes with no intermission. Admission is by donation.
For more information, visit windhamphilharmonic.org.
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