Ravel

White Concert Hall, Washburn University

Saturday, Februay 21, 2026

7:30 PM

IN THIS PERFORMANCE created by Alice Wiley Pickett for actors, singers, and the orchestra, we will enter the deeply emotional and intensely creative world of French composer Maurice Ravel, who lived during the rich explosion of arts and sciences in Paris in the first part of the 20th century. Through Ravel’s own words and the words of both his most beloved friends and his harshest critics, and through his revolutionary and wildly, beautifully inventive music, we will paint an impressionistic picture—at times whimsical and at other times tragic—of this enigmatic genius.

Music of Maurice Ravel
Including Bolero, Daphnis and Chloe, Piano Concerto in G, Ma mere l’Oye, Pavane for a Dead Princess, Alborada del Gracioso