Ashland Symphony Orchestra - Color Me Happy
Saturday, March 4, 2023 - 7:30pm
Address:
Archer Auditorium
1440 King Road
Ashland, OH 44805
Contact Information:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/35798/production/1129101
Strum - Jessie Montgomery
Holberg Suite, op.40 - Edvard Grieg
Symphony No.3, op.56, A minor (Scottish) - Felix Mendelssohn
This concert is sure to make you smile! “Drawing on American folk idioms and the spirit of dance and
movement, [Strum] has a kind of narrative that begins with fleeting nostalgia and transforms into
ecstatic celebration.” (Quote - Jessie Montgomery) The joy continues with Holberg Suite, a
multi-movement piece that incorporates several dances and is one of strength, gentility, playfulness, and
meditation. Mendelssohn wrote, “In the deep twilight we went today to the palace where Queen Mary
lived and loved…I think I have found there the beginning of my "Scottish" Symphony.” Every movement
of the symphony is based on a folk theme that will stick with you beyond the concert! The coda of the
final movement introduces a new majestic theme in A major, thus giving it a “happy ending”.
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