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For our season finale, we begin with the intensity of Weber’s Overture to Der Freischütz. Packed with important musical moments from this Romantic opera, this music manages to combine a jaunty hunter’s chorus with secrets from deep within the Wolf’s Glen and finish with a celebration of a heroine’s enduring love.
Then American cellist Zuill Bailey makes a triumphant Asheville return with a brand new work that we have co-commissioned just for him: Michael Daugherty’s Tales of Hemingway. Based on the fascinating life of the great American author, this new cello concerto will most certainly display Zuill’s superb technique and his innate flair for the dramatic.
We finish our season with music by Antonín Dvořák, a great Bohemian inspired by his life and activity in America. Dvořák pointed the way to the future of American music by insisting that composers tap into America’s rich Native American and African American cultures. His own example, Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World,’ did just that, incorporating spiritual-tinged melodies, the The Song of Hiawatha, and an exuberant finale that sweeps you away with its bold confidence.
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