In Nature's Realm

July 10, 2024 — 7:00 PM

King Street corner of the Capitol Square

Madison, Wisconsin

In Nature's Realm

Summer is just getting started – enjoy the sounds of the season! Featuring a work by Glazunov celebrating “Summer” from his ballet suite The Seasons, and Grieg’s Two Nordic Melodies, this concert will include a performance by the winner of the WCO’s Young Artist Concerto Competition, 17 year old Jane Story from Stevens Point, plus songs by Grammy-winning Native American recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, painter, and flutist Bill Miller.

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MUSICIAN ROSTER

About Bill Miller

Bill Miller is an award-winning Native American recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, painter, and world-class native flute player. Over the entirety, Miller has produced over a dozen albums, received three GRAMMY® Awards, numerous Native American Music Awards & Association (NAMA) awards (including a “Lifetime Achievement” Award) and led Wisconsin’s La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Overcoming the hardships felt by the global community in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021 finds the living legend living life — stronger with a renewed focus on healing through song, art, and speaking — as he prepares to release a fresh EP.

About YACC Winner Jane Story

Jane Story, 17, is from Stevens Point, WI. She began violin studies at the age of four and currently studies with Dr. Anna Cromwell of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point.

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Full Season Program

Program

EDUARD STRAUSS | Polka with Steam, Quickly, Op. 70
GLAZUNOV | The Seasons, Op. 67, Mvt. 3 "Summer"
GRIEG | Two Nordic Melodies for Orchestra, Op. 63, "2. Cowkeeper’s Song and Country Dance"
MENDELSSOHN | Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64, Mvt. 1

BILL MILLER | Symphony – The Last Stand
I. Sweetgrass
II. The Land
III. The People
IV. The Last Words of Crazy Horse
V. Bird Singing Before the Storm
VI. The Battle
VII. The Healing of the Land
VIII. The Ceremony