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The Longmont Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will present Elgar’s Sea Pictures with mezzo‐soprano Sarah Barber, Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), and Rimsky‐Korsakov’s Scheherazade on Saturday, April 7, 7:30 p.m. at Vance Brand Civic Auditorium in Longmont.
“Each work on the program tells a story relating to one of our most precious resources – water. The first half recounts the individual’s experiences and feelings towards water including its beauty, temptations, symbolism, and dangers. Within the epic stories of Scheherazade are her accounts of adventures on the high seas,” said Elliot Moore, LSO’s music director.
Tales from the Sea
Saturday, February 24, 2018―7:30 p.m.
Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, 600 E. Mountain View Ave., Longmont Elliot Moore, conductor
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave)
ELGAR Sea Pictures
Sarah Barber, mezzo‐soprano
RIMSKY‐KORSAKOV Scheherazade
A free pre‐concert talk with Elliot Moore will be held in the Commons area at 6:30 p.m.
Single tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and active military, $5 for students age 12‐18, and free for age 11 and under, and are on sale now via phone (303‐772‐5796) and online at www.longmontsymphony.org. Office hours are 10 a.m.‐4 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 9 a.m.‐3 p.m. on Fridays; the office is closed on Wednesdays.
About Sarah Barber
Acclaimed for her artistry and refined characterizations, mezzo‐soprano Sarah Barber appears regularly on operatic and concert stages across North America. Opera News lauds her as a “rich‐voiced, imaginative artist” and a “major find.” Recent engagements included Mama McCourt in The Ballad of Baby Doe (Central City Opera), Madame de Croissy in Dialogues of the Carmelites (Eklund Opera‐guest artist), Handel’s Messiah (Stratus Chamber Orchestra), Verdi’s Missa di Requiem (Jefferson Symphony), Jenkins’ The Armed Man (Larimer Chorale), and Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (Larimer Chorale).
Ms. Barber has performed with many notable companies such as Central City Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, West Bay Opera, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Opera Ft. Collins, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Colorado Music Festival, the Black Hills Symphony, the Boulder Symphony, and the Arapahoe Philharmonic. Favorite operatic appearances include the title role in Carmen, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, and Die Hexe in Hänsel und Gretel. Her extensive concert work includes Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony, Duruflé’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Respighi’s Il Tramonto, and Barber’s Dover Beach.
A champion of new music, Sarah recently premiered Robert Spillman’s An Emily Dickinson Notebook, a 16‐song cycle for mezzo, flute, and piano, realized the role of Harriet in Leanna Kirchoff’s award‐winning opera The Clever Artifice of Harriet and Margaret, and premiered Alexandra Eddy’s one‐woman chamber opera Arion. Ms. Barber’s abundant awards include two‐time Metropolitan Opera Competition Regional Finalist, three‐time finalist in the Denver Lyric Opera Guild’s Competition, winner of the 1999 Ekstrand Graduate Competition (CU‐ Boulder), and 1998 Ft. Dodge (IA) Symphony Young Artist Competition winner. She was an apprentice with Des Moines Metro Opera (1999) and Central City Opera (2000) and holds a Master of Music from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa, where she was honored as a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Kappa Delta Pi. Ms. Barber also performs and tours regularly with the Central City Opera Ensemble and has served on the voice faculties of the University of Colorado Boulder, Denver School of the Arts, and Front Range Community College.
Funding for the LSO’s 2017‐18 season comes from the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District, the Longmont Community Foundation, Colorado Creative Industries, the City of Longmont, Stapp Interstate Toyota and Xfinity.
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The Longmont Symphony Orchestra’s mission is to foster and promote the appreciation and understanding of symphonic music through performances and educational programs. The LSO presents 13 performances each year (a six‐concert subscription series, a pair of children's concerts for all St. Vrain Valley School District 5th graders, two performances of the Nutcracker Ballet, a Candlelight Concert, a July 4th concert and a chamber orchestra concert at the Longmont Museum) and has an active educational outreach program. For more information, visit www.longmontsymphony.org.
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