MainStage: The Places That Inspires Us

The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra presents our season finale, The Places That Inspire Us, exploring music inspired by real-world settings and the emotional landscapes they evoke.

• Anna Clyne: Restless Oceans

• Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
• Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, “Scottish”

This concert will be approximately 1hr, no intermission. Reception with the musicians to follow.

In The Places That Inspire Us, we explore music inspired by real-world settings and the emotional landscapes they evoke. The program begins with Anna Clyne’s Restless Oceans, a thrilling contemporary work for chamber orchestra that channels the turbulence and strength of the sea. This work draws inspiration and its title from A Woman Speaks - a poem by Audre Lorde, and uses rhythm, lyrical melodies, and the voices of the musicians themselves to equate the changes of the natural world with the emotional resilience of the human heart. Next on the program, WHCO is joined by Ariadne Greif for Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a nostalgic meditation on childhood and place, set to the words of James Agee. Concluding our program is Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 "Scottish", a sweeping tribute to the rugged romance of the Scottish Highlands.

PHOTOS & RECORDING: This event may be recorded, and video and photos may be posted on our website, social media, and elsewhere. If you would prefer not to be visible, please let a WHCO team member know.

REFUND POLICY: Please note that WHCO does not offer refunds for tickets. You may donate them to WHCO for a tax credit, contact us for a credit for a future concert, or consider gifting them to a friend or family member as a way to share the music and support WHCO.