Overture for Our Earth
April 22, 2023 @ 7:30PM — 9:30PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar
Salem High School Auditorium: 46181 Joy Rd. Canton, MI 48187 Get Directions
Overture for Our Earth
We will pay tribute to our humble planet Earth, during this very special Earth Day performance with an evening alive with the sounds and stylings of several modern composers, focused on the natural world, from mighty pine forests to creatures, both great and small, including the humble wasp to the majestic eagle and the awe-inspiring whale. This event includes another world premiere with the Philharmonic’s own oboist Chris Wheeler.
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 7:30pm
Salem High
School Auditorium, Canton
Chris Wheeler, oboe
Erik Santos, composer
Jessica Hunt, composer
Michigan Philharmonic Youth Orchestra side-by-side
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park Band Brass Players
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Wasps Overture (1909) (arr. Brendan McBrien) MPYO side-by-side
Jessica Hunt The Eagle Tree (2018)
Alan Hovhaness And God Created Great Whales, Op. 229, No. 1 (1970)
Erik Santos PAN for Oboe and Orchestra (2023) (world premiere)
Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome (1924)