Maurice Cohn, music director
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Gli Uccelli (The Birds)
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Violin Concerto in G minor - Elena Urioste, violin
ANNA CLYNE This Midnight Hour
IGOR STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird with WVU Puppetry Department
Check out the inspiration of the WVU Puppetry Department below as they create the character puppets for the collaboration for Stravinsky’s Firebird.
"In sunburst yellow, Elena Urioste made a thoroughly engaging case for the Coleridge-Taylor concerto, her airy, silvery tone and fine filigree detail well matched to its melodic invention and elegant reveries. [...] Urioste’s ravishing cantabile touch made the most of a dominant solo part [...]
Boyd Tonkin, The Arts Desk; July 20, 2023