2021 Spring Virtual Concert Series
Meow Wolf of Santa Fe
Our incredible Spring Virtual Concert Series kicked off at Meow Wolf Santa Fe with Music of the Universe on March 21 at 4:00 PM. Don’t miss one of the most dynamic and exciting programs of the season filmed at Meow Wolf. Experience your Santa Fe Symphony players performing in this multidimensional mystery house with secret passages, portals to magical worlds, and an expansive narrative amidst surreal, maximalist, and mesmerizing art exhibits. Meow Wolf’s permanent installation of the “House of Eternal Return” in Santa Fe launched in March 2016 with support from “Game of Thrones” creator George R.R. Martin. This exciting inaugural performance is FREE—our gift to you for supporting us through this ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
Many thanks to Spring Virtual Concert Series Underwriters
Special thanks to our Concert Co-Sponsors
With Additional Support By:
This digital concert premiered Sunday, March 21 @ 4:00 pm and will be available to view through April 21.
Tickets are required for this free event. Or subscribe to the entire virtual series, which includes this concert.
PROGRAM
IVY PRIAULX RAINIER
Pastoral Triptych for Solo Oboe
Elaine Heltman, Oboe
GEORGE PHILIPP TELEMANN
“Paris” Quartet No. 6
Jesse Tatum, Flute; David Felberg, Violin; James Holland, Cello; Luke Gullickson, Harpsichord
MARC SATTERWHITE
The Earth Itself for Solo Harp
Anne Eisfeller, Harp
J.S. BACH
Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Allemande
Courante
Toby Vigneau, Double Bass
MARCOS BALTER
Vision Mantra for String Trio
Carla Kountoupes, Violin; Kim Fredenburgh, Viola; Joel Becktell, Cello
PHILIP GLASS
Song No. 2 for Solo Cello
James Holland, Cello
BENEDETTO MARCELLO
Sonata No. 1 in F for Tuba and Keyboard
Richard White, Tuba; Luke Gullickson, Keyboard
MISSY MAZZOLI
Vespers for Violin
David Felberg, Violin
STEVE REICH
Vermont Counterpoint
Jesse Tatum, Flute
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Duo Concertante
David Felberg, Violin; Toby Vigneau, Double Bass
CAROLINE SHAW
Valencia String Quartet
Kerri Lay, Violin; Carla Kountoupes, Violin; Kim Fredenburgh, Viola; Joel Becktell, Cello
Of Note
Ivy Priaulx Rainier once said that only sculptors and architects fully understood her music. Her close friend, the British sculptor Barbara Hepworth, said that both mediums enabled artists “to say what one has to say with the greatest economy and, having said it, to let it stand on its own”.
In 2018, composer Missy Mazzoli made history when she became one of the two first women to receive a commission from the Metropolitan Opera. She is currently working on an opera based on George Saunders’ best-selling novel “Lincoln in the Bardo,” which won the Man Booker Prize.
Philip Glass’ Songs and Poems for Solo Cello was written for the cellist Wendy Sutter. The piece has been performed more than 100 times worldwide since its premiere in 2008. Although at least one music critic has noted its structural similarities to some Bach works, Glass has said, “In many ways it owes more to Schubert than to Bach”.