The Planets with Heyward
Program
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Baltimore Choral Arts Society, women's chorus
JAMES LEE III Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula
ANNA CLYNE Glasslands
HOLST The Planets
About
From the quicksilver charms of Mercury to the mystical stillness of Neptune, The Planets of Gustav Holst offer an immersive tour of the vast solar system. Composer in Residence James Lee III peers through the open roof of a festive sukkah and beholds the even greater distance to Orion’s Nebula, a nursery for newborn stars in the constellation that has captivated humans for millennia. Anna Clyne’s saxophone concerto takes us out of the ordinary world and into a fantastical realm ruled by a wailing banshee.