Cultural Landscapes: Smetana’s Má vlast

Cultural Landscapes: Smetana’s Má vlast

Saturday, December 6, 2025
7:30 pm

The Wallis

Tickets: $27.50, $38.50

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Colburn Orchestra
Kevin John Edusei, Conductor

Sieun Park, Cello 

Led by renowned German conductor Kevin John Edusei, the Colburn Orchestra returns to The Wallis with a lavish program spotlighting the rich cultural heritages of its composers. The concert opens with Ernest Bloch’s Jewish-inspired masterpiece Schelomo, an intense and poignant rhapsody that casts the cello as King Solomon and the orchestra as a world full of temptation. Bedřich Smetana’s Má vlast (“My Country”) then invites the audience on a journey through Bohemia’s countryside and lore in a rousing, atmospheric love letter to his Czech homeland. 

The Colburn Orchestra is generously underwritten by Eva and Marc Stern.