A series of works all connected by images and associations with plants bring Mother Nature to center stage. Program includes a mini-opera by composer Leah Reid, songs by Schubert, Cole Porter and Pete Seeger, as well as orchestral works by Johann and Richard Strauss.

J. Strauss | Roses from the South, for orchestra
Cage | Child of Tree, for two percussionists
Sierra | from Flower Pieces, for flute & harp
Schumann | from Waldszenen Op. 82, for fortepiano
Seeger | Where Have All the Flowers Gone, arr. by Crumb
Porter | Old-Fashioned Garden, arr. by Wadsworth
Hildegard | “In principio omnes,” from Ordo Virtutum
Schubert | Lieder: Der Lindenbaum & Frühlingstraum
Reid | Dream of Green, for soprano, ensemble & electronics
R. Strauss | “Presentation of the Rose,” from Der Rosenkavalier, arr. by Wadsworth