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The Experiential Orchestra Presents: “Toward the Sea”
Toward the Sea: A Concert for Climate Change Awareness, reflects on the urgency for environmental protection of the ocean and features music inspired by the sea. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Oceana, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans.
Co-curated by James Blachly and EXO Creative Partner Catherine Gregory, the concert includes Blachly’s songs Delight and Insular Tahiti, commissioned for All Souls with texts drawn from Moby Dick; frequent EXO collaborator, violinist and composer Michelle Ross’s meditative composition The Whale Song; a reimagined version of Maurice Ravel’s Une barque sur l’ocean performed by pianist David Kaplan with strings surrounding the audience; Toru Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea II with Catherine Gregory and virtuoso harpist Bridget Kibbey (a piece commissioned by Greenpeace and inspired by Moby Dick); and a performance of Welsh composer Grace Williams’s energetic Sea Sketches, a little known tour-de-force for string orchestra and a reflection of the sea’s power.