PROGRAM

Sumi Tonooka: Only the Midnight Sky and the Silent Stars

Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Taylor See, soprano
David Baker, conductor

- Intermission -

Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123
     I. Introduzione
     II. Giuoco delle coppie
     III. Elegia
     IV. Intermezzo interrotto
     V. Finale

ARTISTS

Edwin Outwater, conductor
David Baker, conductor
Sumi Tonooka, composer
Taylor See, soprano

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