Celebrating 96-year-old composer Thea Musgrave

There will be a preconcert talk 45 minutes before the start of the performance

SPM is honored to perform a major work by the renowned Scottish-American, Thea Musgrave, one of the first women composers to achieve international acclaim. Her constantly innovative and meaningful scores continue to be featured in every part of the globe. Turbulent Landscapes was inspired by seven paintings by socially conscious English impressionist J.M.W. Turner. Commissioned and premiered by the Boston Symphony in 2003, each of the strikingly descriptive movements will feature one of SPM’s principal players. Framing Turbulent Landcases are the bustling depiction of English sailors in Walton’s Portsmouth Point Overture and Elgar’s beloved Nimrod Variations, a series of touching tributes to fourteen of the composer’s closest friends.

Program

Portsmouth Point - William Walton

Turbulent Landscapes - Thea Musgrave

Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar