Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus: Spring Rites
Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church,
Seattle,
WA,
United States
Online and in-person
In person: $25 ($10 concession; student/youth free) |
Stream only: $25
- Carson Ling-Efird, cello
- William C. White, conductor
Vincenzo Bellini
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Overture to Norma
Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Felix Mendelssohn — Die erste Walpurgisnacht ("The First Walpurgis Night"), Op. 60
Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Felix Mendelssohn — Die erste Walpurgisnacht ("The First Walpurgis Night"), Op. 60
Die Erste Walpurgisnacht tells the story of a band of pagan druids who are beset upon by Christian invaders and — unlike in any other Romantic oratorio — the pagans win! Druids were in the air in 1831: they were also the subject of Bellini's great dramatic opera Norma. The centerpiece of our concert is Robert Schumann's Cello Concerto, performed by a phenomenal young soloist — and Seattle native — Carson Ling-Efird, who joins Harmonia on a break from her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music.