Sensemayá: Chant to Kill a Snake

HAYDN: "Representation of Chaos" from The Creation
BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
BOYER: “Aphrodite” from Three Olympians
RIVERA: “First Creation” from POPOL-VUH: Four Mayan Dance Scenes
PARK: “Suri Temple” from Four Scenic Views of Suri Mountain
REVUELTAS: Sensemayá
MONTGOMERY: Strum for String Orchestra
STRAVINSKY: “Finale” from Suite from The Firebird

About this Performance
Join Assistant Conductor Moon Doh for a musical journey inspired by ancient understandings of how people, our world, and our universe came to be. Artists Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd host this special, one-night only exploration of origin stories from the Jewish, Greek, Mayan, and Igbo peoples. Discover how composers express wonder and awe through the music they compose, hear how instrumentation choices bring stories to life, and experience how art provokes reflection on our own origin stories.

What's Interesting About This Concert
This concert is FREE to attend!
Hosts Mikael Owunna and Marques Redd will guide you through the evening’s origin stories.
NEW ARTIST ADDED! Hugo Alexander Cruz Machado, Cuban percussionist, will present the poem, Sensemayá, with drum accompaniment.
Meet our new conductor Moon Doh and learn about his Korean origin story.
Hear music that spans time and geography, including pieces from Korea, Mexico, Austria, the United States and more.
See Hubble space telescope images projected above the stage as the orchestra performs the first movement from The Creation by Haydn.
Listen to musical portraits of characters from Ancient Greek mythology, Prometheus (protector of humans) and Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty).
Learn about Igbo cosmology from Nigeria and its connection to the Milky Way Galaxy.
Experience the remarkable stories of the Popol Vuh through the music of Emmy-award winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera.