Moments of Inspiration
$25 ($20 seniors, $10 students, youth 17 and under free)
Ottorino Respighi — Fontane di Roma ("The Fountains of Rome")
Victor Noriega — Generations/Directions
Johann Sebastian Bach — Choruses from Tönet ihr Pauken BWV 214
Richard Wagner — Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103
Johann Strauss II — On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
Clinton Smith, conductor
Victor Noriega, piano
Program
Antonín Dvořák – Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Ottorino Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Victor Noriega – Generations, Directions (Northwest premiere)
Intermission
Johann Sebastian Bach – Choruses from Tönet, ihr Pauken, BWV 214
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Johann Strauss Jr. – On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
Details
When have you seen something or someone that took your breath away? How has a moment of inspiration affected you or changed you? For Respighi, it was a specific time of day when he stood in front of the magnificent fountains of Rome; for Wagner, the occasion of his beloved wife’s birthday and the arrival of their son, Siegfried. For Victor Noriega, a Seattle-based composer, inspiration came from the story of six generations of his family’s immigration from the Philippines; OSSCS will partner with Pinoy Words Expressed Kultura Arts, a Filipino arts and literary organization, to celebrate Filipino American National History Month and learn about Filipino history and culture with vivid lobby displays. Bach wrote for the birthday of the Queen of Poland, Strauss to immortalize the beauty and importance of the river that kissed the banks of his hometown. Inspiration comes in many forms – what inspires you?