St. Christopher’s School

The rhythmic precision Artist in Residence Stewart Goodyear brings a to his playing is also at the core of his compositions. His Serenade for Strings complements the Prelude for Strings of Julia Perry. Her 1946 meditation offers sonorous solace to the soul. The concerts culminate with the precocious First Symphony by the 15-year-old Felix Mendelssohn. ...

Two beloved favorites inspired by folk music – Vaughan Williams haunting Fantasia on Greensleeves and Aaron Copland’s tender Appalachian Spring – cradle and console the 1940 Clarinet Concerto by the 19-year-old Ruth Gipps, composed as her fiancé, and all of the Empire, departed for war. ...