ALPINE SYMPHONY AND APPALACHIAN SPRING

COPLAND Appalachian Spring
R. STRAUSS “An Alpine Symphony in Images” by Tobias Melle
KRZYSZTOF URBAŃSKI CONDUCTOR

MUSIC OF THE EARTH FESTIVAL
Music Director Krzysztof Urbański presents a mid-winter festival of musical masterworks inspired by the majesty of our planet.

Strauss’ epic Alpine Symphony takes you to the very summit, bathing the listener in sonic sunlight.

PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES

• One hour before the evening concerts on Friday and Saturday, award-winning author of 20 fiction and non-fiction books Scott Russell Sanders will speak about how we too easily take for granted the natural wealth that sustains us—the soils and waters, the forests and prairies, the benign climate, and all our fellow creatures.
• The Bloomington, Ind. resident and distinguished professor emeritus of English at Indiana University recently published a collection of his eco-science fiction stories, “Dancing in Dreamtime.” Many of his books will be available to purchase.
• Growing Places Indy—a nonprofit that empowers personal, family, and community wellness through urban agriculture, access to food, and mind-body education—will be on site during the performances, as will Sun King Brewery, Purdue University’s Discovery Park Center for Global Soundscape, and a display highlighting Marian University’s Jensen gardens.