Enlighten Me New Century Chamber Orchestra with Simone Porter
American violinist Simone Porter leads New Century and students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in this musical tour of illumination. Featuring works from the 12th to the 21st centuries, each piece depicts different kinds of light: light from nature, light that inspires or clarifies, and light that bestows joy. Beginning with Andrew Norman’s Sabina, written in response to an ecstatic experience watching the sunrise in an ancient Roman cathedral, and moving through the upward gaze of Hildegard von Bingen’s antiphon to divine wisdom, the program concludes with Mozart’s Divertimento in F major, the very spirit of levity and brilliance.
Acknowledgements
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Program
ANDREW NORMAN:Sabina
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9
JOHANNES SEBASTIAN BACH: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Simone Porter, violin
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN: O virtus sapientiae (Oh Divine Wisdom)
JUHI BANSAL Cathedral of Light
HEINRICH BIBER: Battalia à 10
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Divertimento in F major, K. 138
