Symphony Spotlight
George Tsontakis’s Violin Concerto No. 2, one of the featured works on our concert next weekend, garnered the composer a well-deserved Grawemeyer Award—one of today’s highest honors for new music—in 2005. This week, we shine our spotlight on the thoughtful speech Tsontakis made after receiving that award. Plus, in celebration of National Poetry Month, we take a look and listen at Carlos Bandera’s take on a poem by Wayne Dodd. Enjoy!
George Tsontakis Lecture
Check out this talk given by George Tsontakis following his acceptance of the Grawemeyer Award in 2005. The lecture gives an in-depth look at his piece, Violin Concerto No. 2, which will be performed by Melissa White at our next concert Haydn and Schubert on April 24th!
Albany Symphony Hour
Start off your weekend with the Albany Symphony, WMHT, and Tchaikovsky! Tune in via 89.1 FM Albany, 88.7 FM Poughkeepsie, or online at wmht.org/classical on Friday 4/16 at 6pm!
Poetry Month with Carlos Bandera
In honor of this month being National Poetry Month here is a clip of Carlos Bandera's piece "Of Rain and Air" based on Wayne Dodd's poem.
”Of Rain and Air”
All day I have been closed up
inside rooms, speaking of trivial
matters. Now at last I have come out
into the night, myself a center
of darkness.
Beneath the clouds the low sky glows
with scattered lights. I can hardly think
this is happening. Here in this bright absence
of day, I feel myself opening out
with contentment.
All around me the soft rain is whispering
of thousands of feet of air
invisible above us.
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