Our March Gala Concert, The Nature of Love, rests at the crossroads of nature and love. In much of the greatest poetry, nature is used as a metaphor to describe the experience of love — falling in love, being in love, losing love. The Florence Price set that begins the program celebrates various aspects of nature. Guastavino and Brahms both use nature to investigate themes of love. Brahms’s “Liebeslieder Walzer” is a set of 18 short love songs set to waltzes and folk songs. However, unique to other collections of poetry and songs about love, Brahms does not shy away from the tumultuous or unsavory side of love. Finally, the Renaissance madrigal set for Chamber Choir weaves in themes of nature through double entendres both in the text and music.
SUNDAY, March 16, 2 PM
Springbrook Masonic Temple
101 Temple Way, Vallejo
Tickets $30 in advance, $40 at door
Ticket includes food & wine