Flower Power

A series of works all connected by images and associations with plants bring Mother Nature to center stage. Program includes a mini-opera by composer Leah Reid, songs by Schubert, Cole Porter and Pete Seeger, as well as orchestral works by Johann and Richard Strauss. J. Strauss Roses from the South, for orchestraCage Child of Tree, for two percussionistsSierra from Flower Pieces, for flute & harp Schumann from Waldszenen Op. 82, for fortepianoSeeger Where Have All the Flowers Gone, arr. by CrumbPorter Old-Fashioned Garden, arr. by Wadsworth Hildegard “In principio omnes,” from Ordo VirtutumSchubert Lieder: Der Lindenbaum & Frühlingstraum Reid Dream of Green, for soprano, ensemble & electronicsR. Strauss “Presentation of the Rose,” from Der Rosenkavalier, arr. by Wadsworth