Vaughan Williams – Sea Symphony

Continuing its tradition of presenting the great Masterworks of classical music, the combined Missouri State University choirs and the Missouri State University Symphony bring us the fabulous Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Considered to be one of the composer's supreme achievements, it is a choral symphony of great magnitude. Scored for full orchestra, chorus and two soloists, the voices and orchestra take equal roles in portraying this dramatic text by American poet Walt Whitman.
Soloists for the concert will be Springfield favorites Jeff Carney and Carol Chapman.


The President’s Concert, a series of major works for orchestra and choir, has been presented yearly since 1996.
The series has included:

1996	Britten	War Requiem
1997	Orff	Carmina Burana
1998	Bach	Mass in B minor
1999	Bernstein Walton	Chichester Psalms Belshazzar’s Feast
2000	Brahms	Ein Deutsches Requiem
2001	Verdi	Requiem
2002	Handel Duruflè	Dixit DominusR equiem
2003	Prescott Brahms Prokofiev	Ghazal Nänie Alexander Nevsky
2004	Thompson Orff	Testament of Freedom Carmina Burana
2005	Berlioz	Requiem
2006	Mozart	Mass in C minor
2007	Mahler	Symphony No. 8
2008	Beethoven	Missa Solemnis

2007     Mahler             Symphony No. 8