Spring Rites

Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus • William White, conductor

Carson Ling-Efird, cello

Vincenzo Bellini Norma Overture

Robert Schumann Cello Concerto

Felix Mendelssohn Die erste Walpurgisnacht

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Die Erste Walpurgisnacht tells the story of a band of pagan druids who are beset upon by Christian invaders and — unlike in any other Romantic oratorio — the pagans win! Druids were in the air in 1831: they were also the subject of Bellini’s great dramatic opera Norma. The centerpiece of our concert is Robert Schumann’s cello concerto, performed by a phenomenal young soloist — and Seattle native — Carson Ling-Efird, who joins Harmonia on a break from her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music.

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