Conductor Roger Kalia riffs on the ‘Lotus Eaters’ from ‘Penelope’
Even if you’re not into classical music you’ll connect with the Rock, Pop and Electronic Elements of this performance. Inspired by Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey, Penelope is a meditation on memory, identity, and what it means to come home.
Quite the headline for announcing Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope.
But it does speak to the unusual nature of this performance by Symphony New Hampshire on Saturday March 2, 2024, at The Rex Theatre in Manchester.
“Even if you’re not into classical music you’ll connect with the Rock, Pop and Electronic Elements of the piece.” – Roger Kalia
Maestro Roger Kalia says “…even if you’re not into classical music you’ll connect with the Rock, Pop and Electronic Elements of the piece.”
Penelope, the #1 Classical Album of 2010, includes a computer laptop operator among the musicians. Definitely not your traditional perception of Classical music.
Penelope received accolades from the likes of Death and Taxes magazine as well as from the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Gramophone Magazine (2022).
The Lotus Eaters
Among the 11 songs in the 14 movements in the song cycle is The Lotus Eaters. Even National Public Radio called out The Lotus Eaters as one of the greatest songs by 21st-century women.
Got to make you curious, right?
Penelope is told from a woman’s point of view.
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