Paradise and the Peri October 22, 2010

Paul Goodwin, guest conductor
Linda Mabbs, soprano
Gran Wilson, tenor
Diba Alvi, soprano
Jenna Lebherz, mezzo-soprano
Michelle Rice, alto
Patrick Cook, tenor
Christopher DeVage, baritone

Schumann’s cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra gives musical form to the Persian myth of the peri, a creature fallen from heaven and trying to regain entrance. Guest conductor Paul Goodwin, known for creative and dynamic programming, will direct the combined ensembles.

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