Pre-concert lecture at 7:15 in the Lower Lobby.

Oriol Sans, conductor

The first University Philharmonia Orchestra concert of the year will open with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture, a musical portrait of the joyous and colorful Easter morning service in a cathedral. That same space, understood as a “symbolic doorway to get in and out of this world,” inspired American composer Jennifer Higdon to write Blue Cathedral, a thoughtful and serene tribute to her recently deceased brother. The concert closes with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, a celebratory work composed in honor of the Augsburg Confession’s 300th anniversary.

PROGRAM: Rimsky-Koraskov- Russian Easter Overture; Higdon- Blue Cathedral; Mendelssohn- Symphony No. 5 in D Major, op. 107 (Reformation)