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Classics III: Dreams of Heaven & Earth

Name: Classics III: Dreams of Heaven & Earth
Start: 2026-03-28T19:30:00
Location: West Ottawa High School Performing Arts Center

Holland Symphony Orchestra

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William Grant Still wrote more than 150 compositions, merging musical aspects of his African American heritage with traditional European classical forms. Originally composed for solo piano, Summerland (1937) is a short, intensely expressive elegy — dreamy and atmospheric, suggesting the summer of its title, with hints of the blues and a nod to his fellow composer Debussy. Motivated by the poems of Paul Verlaine (1844-1896), Debussy’s 1889 Petite ...

Program

Claude Debussy - Petite Suite

Composer

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4

Composer

William Grant Still - Summerland

Composer

Participants

Michelle Areyzaga

Singer

Johannes Müller Stosch

Conductor