Saturday MountainTop Masterworks III: Joy, Dance & Drama – Beethoven’s 7th & More
Saturday, July 20 at 7:00 pm*
Wintergreen Festival Orchestra; Louis Lohraseb, guest conductor; David Bjella, cello
Guest conductor Louis Lohraseb makes his Wintergreen debut leading the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra in Beethoven’s fiery, moody, and epic Symphony No. 7 from the mountaintop. Naturally, we’ve paired the symphony with music of Atlanta native Carlos Simon, whose piece Fate Now Conquers was inspired by a journal entry from Beethoven’s notebook and is representative of the “unpredictable ways of fate.” And don’t miss the captivating rhythms of Shostakovich’s first cello concerto, performed by Wintergreen’s own David Bjella – you will almost certainly be dancing from your seat!
Concert Program:
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Dmitrii Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major
David Bjella, cello
Intermission
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major
*note new concert start time