Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Garrick Ohlsson

Mozart, Brahms & Billy Childs

Wise musicians understand that the future exists in the past. Just ask the young Brahms, who mined Handel (and Bach and Beethoven) to craft what he later called his "favorite work." The even younger Mozart melded styles from near and far in his first truly brilliant piano concerto. Composer and six-time Grammy winner Billy Childs infuses classical traditions with his jazz roots in a new work.

Members of Orpheus first performed at the Morris Museum in October 2020 as part of the inaugural Lot of Strings Music Festival. The relationship continued in the spring of 2021, bringing in-person performances back to our outdoor venue. Now Orpheus regularly performs with their full ensemble in the intimacy of the Bickford Theatre to sold-out audiences.

The Program
- Billy Child's Each Moment Is a New Discovery Commissioned by Orpheus & The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major K. 271, Jeunehomme Garrick Ohlsson, piano
- Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 orchestrated by Michael Stephen Brown

The Morris Museum thanks Will and Mary Leland, and F. Gary Knapp for their leadership support of this season's presentations of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.