Postcards from the Sky

Music that Sings and Soars

Japanese haiku and Chinese legend combine with a Canadian postmodernist in this eclectic program of music about creatures that take to the skies.

Hear Amy Maples’ soaring soprano in the demanding and enigmatic Sparrows by Joseph Schwantner, while rising star Lun Li takes on the esteemed Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto.

The concert concludes with the scratching feet and fluttering wings of Ottorino Respighi’s The Birds, a transcription of birdsong into musical notation for chamber orchestra.

Schwantner – Sparrows
Gang/Zhanhao – The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Mozetich – Postcards from the Sky
Respighi – Gli uccelli (The Birds)