James Lowe - Comeback!

Vasa stadsorkester
cond. James Lowe
sol. Monika-Evelin Liiv

The British conductor James Lowe, who was chief conductor of the Vaasa City Orchestra from 2016 to 2020, is making a long-awaited comeback with the orchestra. The soloist in this southern-tinged, warming concert is the Estonian mezzo-soprano Monika-Evelin Liiv, a member of the singing ensemble at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London. In both Manuel de Falla’s Seven Spanish Folksongs and the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s Il Tramonto, she will have the opportunity to display both drama and her full technical artistry. We will also hear Juan Arriaga’s Symphony in D major—full of fire and temperament—as well as de Falla’s suite from the ballet El sombrero de tres picos. These works naturally belong to the canon of Spanish music.