Dun Trombone Concerto with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
June 7 @ 7:30 pm
Composer Carl Orff based Carmina Burana on two dozen poems – but far from odes of love, these verses deal in lust, gambling, drinking, and the fickle hand of fate (“O Fortuna!”). Artistic Partner Dashon Burton and the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus lend their voices to this bawdy cantata. Pairing well with Orff’s epic is Carlos Simon’s Fate Now Conquers, which refers to a notebook entry written by Beethoven and explores “the unpredictable ways of fate.” Between these, the MSO showcases its own Principal Trombone Megumi Kanda in Tan Dun’s Three Muses in Video Game, a daring and spiritual concerto which challenges the trombonist to evoke three ancient Chinese musical instruments.
PROGRAM
CARLOS SIMON – Fate Now Conquers
TAN DUN – Three Muses in Video Game
CARL ORFF – Carmina Burana
ARTISTS
Ken-David Masur – Conductor
Dashon Burton – Bass-Baritone
Megumi Kanda – Trombone
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Cheryl Frazes Hill – Chorus Director