Explore our wondrous planet through the lens of Debussy and Rutter. Celebrate Earth, our children, and their collective future with the full Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, renowned soloists, and compelling multimedia visuals.
The Santa Fe Symphony & Chorus
Guillermo Figueroa, conductor
Carmen Flórez-Mansi, chorus director
Debussy
La Mer
John Rutter
Mass for the Children
This concert is jointly presented by The Santa Fe Symphony and Wild Earth Guardians.
Of Note
Debussy composed La Mer (The Sea) over a span of a year and a half, most of which was well inland and inspired by representations in art and literature. He completed the work, though, in an English coastal town, and wrote to his publisher that it was “a charming peaceful spot: the sea unfurls itself with an utterly British correctness.”
John Rutter’s Mass of the Children was written to give children the opportunity to perform alongside adult, professional counterparts; Rutter, a boy soprano in his childhood, was always thrilled to have that experience in works like Mahler’s Third Symphony and Britten’s War Requiem.