In a program fit to welcome spring, Eleanor Alberga’s ethereal Shining Gate of Morpheus features Knights hornist David Byrd-Marrow as soloist, and bassist Edgar Meyer joins the orchestra for his Concerto No. 3. Aaron Copland’s evocative Appalachian Spring concludes the evening offering sonorities both uplifting and pastoral.

Program:
Eleanor Alberga, Shining Gate of Morpheus
Edgar Meyer, Concerto No. 3 in E Major for Double Bass & Orchestra
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring

Eric Jacobsen, conductor
David Byrd-Marrow, horn
Edgar Meyer, bass