Max Richter: The New Four Seasons

April 17, 2027 at 7:00 PM
Numerica Performing Arts Center, Wenatchee

April 18, 2027 at 7:00 PM
Icicle Center for the Arts, Leavenworth

Prelude 6:00 PM*

Experience the contemporary classical soundscapes of Max Richter, whose works create "expressive treatment of timbre."

*Join us for a “Prelude!”, a pre-concert talk and Q&A with WVSO Music Director Nikolas Caoile at the Numerica PAC concert hall. Get ready for the show and dive into insights about our concert program.

Season tickets & student discounts available

Nik’s Notes

Some of my favorite movies in the last 15 years included Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011), Arrival (2016), and Shutter Island (2010). The common thread? Music by Max Richter. In particular, the song “On the Nature of Daylight”. Its construction is very simple and straightforward, but emotionally, it exudes a deep sentimentalism and melancholy. Richter’s postminimalism style has found a place both on the concert hall stage and on the silver screen and I can’t get enough of it. His modern take on Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons is breath-taking. WVSO is honored to welcome Vanessa Moss (concertmaster for Mid-Columbia Symphony, Walla Walla Symphony). I am also happy to perform with the WVSO on a Nord Grand 2 keyboard.

Program

On the Nature of Daylight, Max Richter

Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, J.S. Bach

The Days Go By from My Brilliant Friend, Max Richter

Etude No. 2 (arr. Badzura), Philip Glass

Four Seasons Recomposed, Max Richter

Love Song, Max Richter

The Blue Notebooks, Max Richter

Guest Artist