Opening the 58th season of the PEISO is a program that brings new meaning and depth to the idea of renewal, pairing works with over 300 years between them. Anchored by Viet Cuong’s Re(new)al for percussion quartet and orchestra—featuring PEISO percussionists Michael Gallant, Branden Kelly, Ryan Drew and Shawn Doiron as soloists—the concert explores elemental energy through sound, from vibrating crystal glasses to bowing vibraphones. Bach’s legendary Toccata and Fugue in D minor appears in a vivid orchestration by Stokowski, while Jocelyn Morlock’s bird-inspired Oiseaux bleus et sauvages and Respighi’s cinematic Pines of Rome round out this dynamic, nature-infused program.

PROGRAM

JS Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BMV 565 (orch. Stokowski) 
Viet Cuong Re(new)al 
feat. Michael Gallant, Branden Kelly, Ryan Drew, and Shawn Dorion, percussion 
Jocelyn Morlock Oiseaux Bleus et Sauvages  
Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome