Our season closer kicks off with award-winning, young French-Canadian American cellist, Romain-Olivier Gray’s performance of Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor. We’ll then embark on a musical voyage through iconic rivers with Smetana’s The Moldau and Florence Price’s The Mississippi River. Smetana’s symphonic poem immerses us in the heart of Bohemia as it depicts the flowing waters of the Moldau River. We close the season by diving deeply into the mighty Mississippi with Florence Price’s soul-stirring composition that pays homage to the River’s long journey through the US from dawn in Native American lands to New Orleans, echoing Black American Spiritual Music, hints of Jazz, and Price’s own experience. Her poignant musical themes capture the spirit, history, and community that surround the Mississippi.
