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Debussy’s La Mer

Duke Energy Center for the Arts

Straz Center for the Performing Arts

Immerse yourself in the beauty of the sea. Start by discovering Garth Neustadter’s Seaborne, the TFO debut of a stunning 30-minute concerto for six percussionists, orchestra and big-screen film that honors our oceans – featuring the popular Percussion Collective. Then voyage into Debussy’s classic La Mer, filled with mesmerizing waves of power and peace. Rounding out the program is Sibelius’ The Oceanides. Chelsea Gallo conducts.

The Peabody Percussion Group, led by faculty artist Jeff Stern (MM ’14, Percussion), performs a program portrait of American composer Garth Neustadter, including his percussion sextet with video work Seaborne, his arrangement of Astor Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango, and Memory of Water for choir and percussion sextet, for which the PPG will be joined by Peabody’s NEXT Ensemble, led by Director of Choral Studies Beth Willer.

Peabody Percussion Group With Next Ensemble

Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Yale Choral Artists, the Yale School of Music's acclaimed professional project-based choral ensemble, and the Percussion Collective, Robert Van Sice's groundbreaking professional percussion group, in a program of exciting and innovative music for voices and percussion, including Garth Neustadter's Memory of Water, based on Emmi Itäranta's novel of the same name, and Neustadter’s Seaborne, as well as the world premiere of Poems and Prayers by Alejandro Viñao.

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7 - 8 Feb, 2025

Debussy’s La Mer · Florida Orchestra

Feb 7, 2025

Debussy’s La Mer · Straz Center for the Performing Arts

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