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?Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra
Gra?yna Bacewicz | Overture for Orchestra
?Ottorino Respighi | Pines of Rome
Join the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra as we close our 47th Season with Transported at the Mount Baker Theatre on Sunday, June 4th.
The concert will feature guest artists Dawn Posey (violin) and Amber Archibald-Sešek (viola) for a program that will transport audiences across the globe. Plus, audiences will get to hear MBT’s 1927 Wurlitzer 215 pipe organ!
To start, Dawn Posey and Amber Archibald-Sešek will join the orchestra for Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra. Dawn Posey is a performer, coach, teacher, and lecturer who maintains an active and varied performing career. You can see her perform as Concertmaster of the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Concertmaster of the Northwest Sinfonietta. Praised as “a natural in every sense” by Arts Houston Magazine, Amber Archibald-Sešek’s solo career highlights include performances at the Gewandhaus with the Leipzig Academic Orchestra in Germany and with the Seattle Symphony.
Next, we present Gra?yna Bacewicz’s Overture for Orchestra. Bacewicz served as concertmaster of the Polish Radio Orchestra before the outbreak of WWII. Throughout the war, she continued to give concerts in secret. She wrote her Overture in 1943, during the German occupation of Poland. It was not performed until 1945. The BSO is honored to perform this work as part of the Harmony from Discord programmatic series, shining a light on music that transcends oppression.
Lastly, audiences will hear Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, a four movement Tone Poem and celebration of natural wonder, written in 1924. Part two of a trilogy of works about Rome, Pines of Rome depicts several scenes of pine trees throughout Rome, including at the Villa Borghese, near a catacomb, at the Janiculum, and along the Appian Way. This piece features a special guest—the Mount Baker Theatre’s 1927 organ, which will be played by Western Washington University’s Gabriel Mañalac.
“I’m excited to feature our own Dawn Posey for this concert alongside the incredible Amber Archibald-Sešek,” says Music Director Yaniv Attar. “For the Pines of Rome, we will have the largest orchestra on stage since before the pandemic, and it will be a special opportunity for audiences to hear the organ. I hope to see everyone in the audience for our final concert of this season!”
Audience members for Transported will be the first to learn about the BSO’s upcoming 48th Season and Maestro Yaniv Attar’s 10th Anniversary Season with the BSO. Early Bird Season Subscription Pricing will be available at the concert for ticket holders.
Tickets start at $15. A Pre-Concert Lecture about the program by Dr. Ryan Dudenbostel will take place at 2:15PM in the Walton Theatre. Doors open at 2PM and seating is limited, so please plan accordingly.
This concert qualifies for Classical Kids, Take-A-Teen, and Student Rush ticket discounts. Visit https://www.bellinghamsymphony.org/visit-us/ticket-discounts to learn more.
