music at the mission

“The new string symphony adds another masterpiece to a significant genre. …The piece is an amazing adventure in sound…”

--The Boston Globe

Sunday, August 11
4:00pm & 8:00 pm "Music at the Mission"
(Tickets: $30 daytime-$25 evening)
Mission San Juan Bautista

Featuring Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie and the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, conducted by Marin Alsop.

Three West Coast Premieres! In the splendor of the Old Mission San Juan Bautista, Evelyn Glennie joins the orchestra for Thea Musgrave’s marimba concerto, Journey Through a Japanese Landscape. Grammy and Academy Award winning composer John Corigliano joins us for the West Coast Premiere of his 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning Symphony No. 2. And composer Daugherty joins returns for the West Coast Premiere of his Bells for Stokowski. An unforgettable program in an unforgettable setting.

Thea Musgrave: Journey Through a Japanese Landscape (West Coast Premiere)
(Evelyn Glennie, percussionist)
Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski (West Coast Premiere)
John Corigliano: Symphony No. 2 (West Coast Premiere)

Program Notes - Journey Through a Japanese Landscape
Program Notes - Bells for Stokowski
Program Notes - Symphony No. 2

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