Ensemble return marks a musical high kick
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By Peter Mccallum
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Sir John Clancy Auditorium, April 10
The Australia Ensemble celebrated its post-pandemic return to the live stage with a program dominated by jaunty breeziness and cheer, leaping into the first work, Percy Grainger’s arrangement of
Shepherd’s Hey, with a musical kick of the heels.
This was the first of a bracket of Three Folksongs, which had in turn been further arranged for piano trio and clarinet by clarinettist David Griffiths and Ian Young in an adaptation the composer would only have applauded.
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra Presents Its 2021 Spring Season
Celebrating 76 years of brilliant music-making and music education! by BWW News Desk
The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School has continued to further its mission to enrich and transform the state and region through brilliant music performance and music education during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
As part of its ongoing effort, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra proudly presents its 2021 Spring Season at The VETS. These innovative concerts can be experienced live, in-person at The VETS or virtually at StreamRIPhil.org to ensure the vital and accessible presence of music in this community and beyond during these unprecedented times. The Orchestra s 76th Season began on September 26 at The VETS, making the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra the first orchestra in New England to perform live in concert in over six months - and under the strictest safety measures.