The Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s string quartet is performing a 5-night, 5-city tour promoting music as strength, music as hope, music as change.
Throughout history, composers have turned to music in the face of hardship—to find light in darkness, to hold fast to truth, to rise up, and to offer comfort, courage, and strength. In this Jukebox, we look to those composers who have created music for hope, resistance, and change—music composed in prison camps, music that calls out injustice, music that shouts dissent, music that is charged with the need to speak out and be heard. In these challenging times, this special concert brings us together to offer a sense of optimism borne of music and community.
Brooke Quiggins-Saulnier and Joana Genova, violin; Stefanie Taylor, viola; and John Dunlop, cello. Hosted and curated by Matt LaRocca.
PROGRAM
Russell Peck – Don’t Tread on Me
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 – Movement I
Ethel Smyth – String Quartet in E minor
Gideon Klein – Trio
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Frank Horvat – The Thailand HRDs
Milad Yousufi – Refugee
Zoltan Almashi – Mariupol
Woody Guthrie – This Land is Your Land
This concert also provides a spotlight for Mercy Connections, a local non-profit that supports adults as they pursue English language learning; justice, mentoring, and reentry guidance; tutoring; and citizenship application support. Learn more at the concert where Mercy Connection staff members can share their story!
VSO thanks the generosity of our Burlington Jukebox sponsors Northfield Savings Bank, Eleanor Long, and Bob Kenny & Pat Suozzi.