Music at the Mission: Kingdom Come |
Sunday, August 16, 4:30 pm & 8:00 pm
Mission San Juan Bautista
Tickets: $40-$45
Note program order change:
George Tsontakis: Clair de Lune
Kevin Puts: Two Mountain Scenes [West Coast Premiere]
Ingram Marshall: Kingdom Come
Aaron Jay Kernis: Invisible Mosaic III [West Coast Premiere]
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Plato said “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” There are few places where that potential seems more fully realized than in the stunning sanctuary of Mission San Juan Bautista. Within its centuries-old stucco walls, in the warm glow of candlelight on rich frescoes, the grand finale performances of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra under Maestra Marin Alsop time after time have bestowed upon audiences a truly transcendent experience. This year two composers will join you for four works that have the power to stir your soul. George Tsontakis has recently won two of the most prestigious prizes in contemporary music—the Grawemeyer and the Ives Living awards—and today Alsop will open the concert with his colorful homage to 20th Century French music, Clair de Lune.
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You’ll then be introduced to the music of guest composer Ingram Marshall. His Kingdom Come combines orchestral sounds with taped elements from the “real” world in a piece that was celebrated in the New York Times as “some of the most stirring spiritual art to be found in America today.” Then two highly anticipated West Coast Premieres will follow.
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“…the music offers a powerful recreation of solitude that is very close to an experience of the divine.” —New York Times on Ingram Marshall’s Kingdom Come
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A Festival favorite, composer Kevin Puts, returns for Two Mountain Scenes. Described by the Los Angeles Times as “inventive, clever, haunting and poetic,” it was written as a showpiece for orchestral players and inspired by the majesty of the Rocky Mountains. The final work of the Festival season, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis’ Invisible Mosaic III, was inspired by the famed Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna, Italy, and offers a glittering and brilliant finale to a spectacular season.
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In the San Juan Day tradition, audience members are invited to enjoy between-concert picnicking in the Mission Olive Grove.
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Photos (clockwise from L): Mission San Juan Bautista (rr jones), Kevin Puts, Ingram Marshall
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