Earth Sounding

Earth Sounding
Symphonic Works by Edvard Grieg, Bernie Krause/Richard Blackford and Carl Nielsen
Artosphere Festival Orchestra 10×10 Concert
Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center
Friday, June 19, 7:30 pm
Tickets range from $10 to $25

In its fifth year, the Artosphere Festival Orchestra, comprised of more than 80 musicians from prestigious ensembles, orchestras and music programs around the world, will once again gather in the Ozarks for professional a music-making experience unique to Artosphere. Under the baton of acclaimed Music Director Corrado Rovaris, the orchestra will perform selections from Grieg and Nielsen alongside a piece taken from Alonzo King LINES Ballet performance, which features natural soundscapes of Bernie Krause and composer Rickard Blackford.  Krause has spent over forty years travelling the globe with microphones tuned to the earth and its creatures.  His recordings immortalize over 15,000 species and ask us to consider the effects that our actions have on entire ecosystems.