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Program Notes: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

by Abbey Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Program Notes

Herald, Holler and Hallelujah! (Colorado premiere, co-commission) Wynton Marsalis Born October 18, 1961, in New Orleans, LA Herald, Holler and Hallelujah, a fanfare for brass and percussion, is a co-commission from symphony orchestras of New Jersey, Cincinnati,...

Program Notes: Stravinsky’s Firebird + Clarinet Star Anthony McGill

by Abbey Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Program Notes

Flying On the Scaly Backs of Our Mountains (world premiere commission) Wang Jie Born 1980 in Shanghai The composer has supplied the following note: Sometime between 1050 and 1100 AD, the celebrated polymath Su Dongpo traveled, journaled, and left few minds unstirred...

Program Notes: Danish String Quartet

by Abbey Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Program Notes

Chacony in G Minor Henry Purcell (arr. Benjamin Britten) Purcell: Born September 10, 1659, in Westminster, England; died there November 21, 1695 Britten: Born November 22, 1913, in Lowestoft, England; died December 4, 1976, in Aldeburgh, England Henry Purcell, one of...

Program Notes: A Midsummer Night’s Dream with John de Lancie

by Abbey Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Program Notes

Starburst (2012) Jessie Montgomery Born 1981 in New York City, NY Jesse Montgomery is a contemporary American composer, violinist, and educator whose work includes solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works. The Washington Post has described her work as “turbulent,...

Program Notes: Prokofiev 5 + Gabriela Montero Plays Tchaikovsky

by Abbey Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Program Notes

Night on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky, (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov) Born March 21, 1839, in Karevo; died March 28, 1881, in St. Petersburg Mussorgsky wrote his A Night on Bald Mountain, dedicated to the composer Mili Balakirev, in several different forms. Around 1886, a...

Program Notes: Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet

by Abbey Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Program Notes

Flute Quartet in D Major, K.285 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Born January 27, 1756, in Salzburg; died December 5, 1791, in Vienna Mozart completed his first quartet (K. 285) in Mannheim on Christmas Day of 1777. It is a compact work, light in spirit, and probably well...

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Program Notes: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony

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