Calming Waters: Sibelius & Frank
Sat, May 09
|Tempe Center for the Arts
• Jean Sibelius: Symphony no.6 • Gabriela Lena Frank: Concertino Cusqueño • Carter Pann: My Cross for Saxophone and Orchestra Christopher Creviston, saxophone (world premiere of this version) • Victoria Polevá: Bucha: Lacrimosa • Cheng Jin Koh, composition fellow: TBA
Time & Location
May 09, 2026, 7:00 PM
Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
About the event
Lyricism ties these five pieces together, which all incorporate transcendent, almost spiritual elements.
Sibelius’ intent in his symphony was to bring the listener "pure spring water" as opposed to his contemporaries’ "cocktails of every hue and description." Frank pairs a Benjamin Britten timpani motif with Ccollanan María, a religious tune from Cusco, an Incan capital.
Pann’s My Cross, premiered in this version by internationally renowned saxophonist and ASU professor Christopher Creviston, approaches easy listening territory. In contrast, Polevá’s piece is a mournful yet hopeful lament for the civilians slaughtered in Bucha in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.