The DSSO will present an extraordinary evening of chamber
music and poetry by Sir William Walton and Dame Edith Sitwell. Members of the
Duluth Superior Symphony will be joined by local legends, Vicky Fingalson and
Calland Metts, in a performance of Fascade; an Entertainment. This
rarely performed work features a chamber ensemble of diverse instruments and
the recitation of poetry in rhythm—a sort of pre-rap if you will. A review of
the premiere in 1923 stated; “The audience was at first inclined to treat the
whole thing as an absurd joke, but there is always a surprisingly serious
element in Miss Sitwell's poetry and Mr. Walton's music ... which soon induced
the audience to listen with breathless attention." Join us in breathless
attention!