The Sound of May Day

Evening Music | May 6, 2010

It’s May Day, and in honor of the holiday that celebrates the coming of spring, we’ll forego the traditional dance around the Maypole and get into the holiday spirit with an evening of May Day music. We hear the selection "May Breezes" from Felix Mendelssohn’s "Songs Without Words" series and Englishman Thomas Morley’s popular madrigal “Now is the Month of Maying.” Also, May music from Mikis Theodorakis and Gabriel Faure.


Also Featured Tonight:

George Gershwin / Cuban Overture
Marjan Mozetich / Scales of Joy and Sorrow
Sulkhan Tsintsadze / Miniatures
John Duarte / Joan Baez Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich / Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Op 20 "May Day"

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