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In this episode, our ‘Fascinating Space’ happens to be the very land we call home – our own environment, specifically our special spot right here on the south shore of Lake Erie. In this program, we will hear music by composers who were inspired by the nature around them. There are scores of brilliant compositions influenced by the beauty, stillness, and tempestuous nature of the sea, and we will hear music from perhaps the best-known of those ‘sea pieces ‘ – Debussy’s La Mer.

In this episode we explore how jazz, the blues, work songs and spirituals have blended with European classical tradition to create a uniquely American voice in the concert hall. African American composers Duke Ellington, William Grant Still, and Adolphus Hailstork are featured, with sensational Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear joining the Philharmonic in his Erie debut. We will also explore the life of our own hometown musical hero, Harry T. Burleigh, and trace some of the important spaces in which he launched his life in music.

Music Director Daniel Meyer leads the Erie Philharmonic in music embracing the rich cultural history of the Irish in Erie and the exquisite architectural gem on 4th Street, St. Patrick Church. Featured composers include Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, and Percy Grainger. Renown cellist Gabriel Cabezas makes his Erie Philharmonic debut in Irish composer Ina Boyle's touching Elegy.