Saturday, October 8, 2016 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Gilda LyonsScales and Tales
Gustav Holst — Selected works
Jean Sibelius — Selected works
Franz Schubert — Selected works
George Gershwin — Selected works
Robert Schumann — Selected works

Soprano Vira Slywotzky, tenor Scott Murphree, baritone Jesse Blumberg, and pianist Grant Wenaus travel through the worlds of the mysterious and magical with pieces by Holst, Sibelius, Schubert, Gershwin, Schumann, and others about enchanted forests, whispering waters, and the creatures that inhabit them. The centerpiece of the program is a MVE commission by Gilda Lyons, Scales and Tales, a historical account of mythological beasts set to texts by Lawrence de Ferry, Hesiod, John Nieuhoff, and Claudius Aelianus.