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WORLD PREMIERE Opening Night begins with an outdoor Pre-Concert Talk by Marin Alsop and a special dinner (ticketed event) served alfresco at the Civic Auditorium. The Cabrillo Festival Orchestra under Maestra Marin Alsop will present the world premiere performances of a groundbreaking new multimedia work that merges art and science, photography and music. LIFE: A Journey Through Time, is the culmination of National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting’s six-year journey of photographic discovery that parallels new scientific insights about the evolution of life on Earth. The result is a lyrical interpretation of life on our planet, from its earliest beginnings to its present diversity. From prehistoric trilobites to giant tortoises, delicate jellies to spiny octopus trees, and from erupting volcanoes to shimmering coral reefs, LIFE: A Journey Through Time is a testament to the magical beauty and enduring miracle of life on Earth. Lanting’s breathtaking images will be exquisitely choreographed by visual designer and editor Alexander Nichols, to orchestral music by composer Philip Glass, who joins us for Opening Night. A Cabrillo Festival commission, the Glass score is comprised of seven sections adapted from works originally composed for smaller ensembles or solo instruments, and now presented for the first time in arrangements for full orchestra. Maestra Alsop will conduct the Festival Orchestra in front of a 48-foot projection screen filled with Lanting’s imagery, as Glass’ music creates the emotional underpinnings of this celebration of LIFE: A Journey Through Time. |
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