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