Alastair Willis, music director of the South Bend Symphony
Orchestra, welcomes you to another episode of Aha with Alastair. The fourth Jack M Champaigne Masterworks completes SBSO's Beethoven Symphony cycle with the Ninth, as well as music by two of today’s most performed living composers, Carter Pann and Mason Bates – both of their pieces have connections to Beethoven’s Ninth and to South Bend.
WVPE partners with the South Bend Symphony for the podcast series, "Aha! with Alastair," featuring South Bend Symphony Orchestra Music Director Alastair Willis. In each episode, Maestro Willis discusses pieces the symphony is slated to perform in upcoming concerts."When I was younger, several inspiring conductors helped make music come alive for me, music suddenly became more than scales and black and white notes on the page," says Willis, "and since then one of my favorite things to do is return the favor for others, whether in concert, pre-concert talks, or podcasts!"The title refers to Alastair's "aha" moments about music that he wants to share with listeners.
Aha with Alastair: Pann, Bates, and Beethoven Symphony No. 9
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
