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2026 Orchestra Series - Week 2 Italian & American Summers
Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Art, memory, and sun-drenched color take center stage. Ottorino Respighi paints Botticelli’s masterpieces in shimmering orchestral hues, and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 captures the warmth of an American childhood evening. After intermission, Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans unleashes surging power, before Felix Mendelssohn’s exuberant “Italian” Symphony brings the night to a brilliant close.
ARTISTS
Conner Gray Covington, Guest Conductor
Ashley Marie Robillard, Soprano
PROGRAM
Respighi, Ottorini – Trittico botticelliano, P.152
Barber, Samuel* – Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Intermission
Anna Clyne – Restless Oceans
Mendelssohn, Felix – Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, “Italian”
