Dust and Ions
featuring Jeb Wallace, horn
Dust and Ions was written by Wichita composer, Alex Wakim. Originally premiered at Wichita Center for the Arts in 2021, the cathartic journey of creation, purity, inevitable corruption, and a purge flows through the voice of the orchestra. How do we find beauty in a corrupted world?
Wichita Symphony Principal Horn, Jeb Wallace, explores the lyrical, expressive, and virtuosic qualities of the horn with Mozart's bright and infectiously cheerful Horn Concerto No. 4. Then, the orchestra takes center stage with Schoenberg's reimagination of Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor. Fully-orchestrated, Brahms's intimate chamber work takes on new dimensions of color and expression, offering audiences a fresh perspective on a cherished classic with Schoenberg's orchestration.
ALEX WAKIM Dust and Ions: Orchestral Suite (World Premiere)
W.A. MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major
featuring Jeb Wallace, horn
JOHANNES BRAHMS (ORCH. BY SCHOENBERG) Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Approximate Runtime: 2 hours (including intermission)
Sponsored by
THE SAM AND RIE BLOOMFIELD FOUNDATION
THE JAYNE AND GLENN MILBURN FUND AT THE WICHITA FOUNDATION
SHOKO KATO SEVART AND THE LATE DANIEL J. SEVART
Arrive Early for Concert Talks
If you’d like to learn more about the music in our concert programs, Concert Talks are just what you need! Before every Masterworks Concert, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra will present pre-concert talks which help prepare you and deepen your understanding of the music to be performed in the program. Sometimes our guest soloists even join Maestro Hege for a discussion of their concerto collaboration! Free to all ticket holders, Concert Talks take place in the Concert Hall one hour prior to each Masterworks performance.
