November 2021
Water Music with the Winona Symphony: Radiant Light
With a nod toward Veterans Day and celebrating the freedoms won for our country, our first chamber concert will center on a magnificent and monumental painting by Edward Moran and include compositions by the patriotic American composer Randall Thompson. Exploring the effect of luminism in creating lightness and clarity, this program emphasizes the use of color modulation in the artwork and tonal color of the newly invented clarinet, which fascinated Mozart and inspired his Clarinet Quintet. This performance is jointly…
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Water Music with the Winona Symphony: Bach at the Sea
In the midst of winter, audiences at our Bach concert will experience the season in a new climate – the North Atlantic. The text of the cantata and the painting of the Isle of Shoals buffets us about in a wild storm at sea – but not without sanctuary. Take the trip with us knowing that we’ll return safely at the end. Featured artwork: William Frederick de Haas, White Island Light – Isle of Shoals, 1879. Oil on Canvas. Private…
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Water Music with the Winona Symphony: Hidden Currents
Dúo León will bring us back to our own river valley with music inspired by the beauty and variety of the northern Mississippi River in winter. Through the music and art, we appreciate the river’s ever-changing character throughout the season and through varied landscapes. Featured artwork: Alfred Thompson Bricher, On the Mississippi Near Winona, Minnesota – Shower Clearing, 1868. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Minnesota Marine Art Museum
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Water Music with the Winona Symphony: Pale Yellow/Fiery Red
At our final concert we welcome back the musicians of the Apollo Music Festival who concluded our last season with the magnificent Beethoven Triple Concerto. Returning with another knock-out program, they will perform pieces by two preeminent American women composers. Featured artwork: Martin Johnson Heade, Great Florida Sunset, 1887. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Minnesota Marine Art Museum.
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