Mr. Tambourine Man

1834 Wake Forest Road,Winston-Salem NC 27109

11 February, 2023

Description

Celebrated Soprano Lindsay Kessleman sings American composer John Corigliano’s powerful Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan with the Piedmont Wind Symphony. A fantastic and exuberant Prologue precedes five searching and reflective monologues that form the core of the piece; and the Epilogue: Forever Young makes a kind of folk-song benediction after the cycle's close. Dramatically, the inner five songs trace a journey of emotional and civic maturation for a very moving musical experience. James Barnes’ personal Third Symphony, commissioned by the US Air Force Band, progresses from the composer’s deepest darkness of despair in losing his baby daughter Natalie all the way to the brightness, fulfillment and joy of his son Billy being born a year later. Third Symphony "Tragic" – John BarnesMr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan – John Corigliano (Lindsay Kesselman, soprano)Mark A. Norman, Piedmont Wind Symphony, Music Director/Conductor