Live at The Sheldon: Echoes of Home
Item details
Date
Thursday, Mar 6, 2025 7:30PM
Name
Live at The Sheldon - Echoes of Home
Description
Celeste Golden Andrews, violin (curator)
Melissa Brooks, cello (curator)
G.F. Handel Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Gerigk) The Lark Ascending for string quartet
Henry Rusten New Work (World premiere)
Shelley Washington Middleground
Antonín Dvořák String Quintet No. 2 in G Major
📍 This concert takes place at The Sheldon
Memories and traditions echo throughout this program, revisited and revised. Shelley Washington’s dazzling string quartet evokes—in the composer’s own words—“where we gathered. Home of the heart, heart of the home.” A radical arrangement of a G.F. Handel suite makes a new home for classical traditions. Antonín Dvořák retains his Bohemian roots while Vaughan Williams harkens back to memories of birds taking wing. A new work by award-winning Missouri teenage composer Henry Rusten invites listeners to hear echoes from a new generation.
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A few things to know:
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In her notes to Middleground Shelley Washington, who grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, talks about open prairie and a time “racing out into amber fields, cycling together, water wheel ice cream, fireworks and apples.” Middleground takes on aspects of a youthful dare.
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Antonín Dvořák was not the first to venture from cosmopolitan centers to find inspiration from folk music. Brahms, Schumann, and Schubert were predecessors. More recently, Alan Lomax re-discovered American folk music, and artists like Rhiannon Giddens revive the Black forebearers of country music today.
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In 2022 Henry Rusten received the award for High School Orchestral composition in the Missouri Composers Project competition at the age of 15. From Cape Girardeau, Missouri, he plays piano, guitar, drums, and viola. He aspires to write music for television, video games, and film.
Join us for this unique chamber music series curated and performed by SLSO musicians. Experience new and treasured repertoire masterfully brought to life on The Sheldon stage in a dynamic lineup of instruments and players.
Please note: Online ticket sales close three hours before the performance. However, you can still purchase tickets in person or by calling the box office at 314.534.1700.