Review: Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra warms the night with well-balanced program

03 Feb Review: Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra warms the night with well-balanced program

Though the weather outdoors was cold, the Victory Theatre was warmed Saturday night by the music of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra.

The audience responded enthusiastically to the well-balanced program, a welcome musical refuge from COVID and the cold.

The program began with a charming performance of “Pastorale d’été,” an evocation of a summer’s evening in the Alps. In his composition for chamber orchestra, Honegger assigns bird calls to flute and clarinet (both rendered “naturally” and beautifully by Leanne Hampton and Thomas Josenhans) as music wakens to the sound of the horn and then records the companionable warmth of a summer day. 

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