Presented By: Life Sciences Orchestra
Triumph of the human spirit: U-M Life Sciences Orchestra marks MLK Day with free concert
Beethoven's 5th, Copland's Lincoln Portrait, plus works by Barber and Still
The power of music to express the human spirit, and triumph over adversity, will come to life on Sunday, Jan. 18, as the University of Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra presents a free concert at Hill Auditorium.
With themes befitting the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the performance will feature works both famous and less-recognized, played by an orchestra made up of medical, health and science faculty, staff, students and alumni from across U-M.
U-M president Mark Schlissel will give opening remarks, as part of U-M’s celebration of MLK’s legacy.
The concert will begin at 4 p.m., and is open to the public with general admission seating. No tickets are required. LSO music director Adrian Slywotzky will give a brief pre-concert lecture about the works on the program at 3:15 p.m.
The centerpiece of the LSO’s performance will be Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, one of the most famous – and stirring – works of all of classical music. Beethoven composed the now-immortal work amid war and political upheaval, and his own increasing deafness.
Three works by 20th Century American composers will make up the concert’s first half. Most famous among them: Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait”, which combines uniquely American melodies with excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln.
More information: http://umhealth.me/lso-115
With themes befitting the eve of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the performance will feature works both famous and less-recognized, played by an orchestra made up of medical, health and science faculty, staff, students and alumni from across U-M.
U-M president Mark Schlissel will give opening remarks, as part of U-M’s celebration of MLK’s legacy.
The concert will begin at 4 p.m., and is open to the public with general admission seating. No tickets are required. LSO music director Adrian Slywotzky will give a brief pre-concert lecture about the works on the program at 3:15 p.m.
The centerpiece of the LSO’s performance will be Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, one of the most famous – and stirring – works of all of classical music. Beethoven composed the now-immortal work amid war and political upheaval, and his own increasing deafness.
Three works by 20th Century American composers will make up the concert’s first half. Most famous among them: Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait”, which combines uniquely American melodies with excerpts from speeches by Abraham Lincoln.
More information: http://umhealth.me/lso-115
Explore Similar Events
-
Loading Similar Events...
