| Romance and Reformation |
Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 pm
Millard Auditorium, University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut
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Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Sibelius: Karelia Suite
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 |
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| Our season opens with music by one of the great Romantic composers and continues with the late Romantic sound of Sibelius. The last symphony of one of the first great Romantic composers concludes our concert. |
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| Classicism and Czars |
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 8 pm
With Melody Fader, piano
Hoffman Auditorium
Saint Joseph College
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut
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Mozart: Overture: Abduction from the Seraglio
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite |
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| The music of two Viennese masters of the Classical period is followed by colorful music written by two nationalist Russian composers. |
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| Melody and Introspection |
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 8 pm
With CitySingers of Hartford
Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut
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Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Mozart: Vespers of the Solemn Confessor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony. No. 1 |
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| Mozart's fast paced setting of the Vespers is paired with Tchaikovsky's First Symphony. Rachmaninov's hauntingly beautiful melody opens the program. |
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| Poem and Poeme |
Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 8 pm
With Anhared Stowe, violin
Lincoln Theater, University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut
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Berlioz: Rob Roy Overture
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Chausson: Poeme
Ravel: Ma Mere L’Oye |
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| Vaughn Williams setting of Meredith's poem and the turn of the century Romanticism of Chausson's Poeme form the centerpieces for this concert of French and English music. |
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| World Premiere! |
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 8 pm
With Sarah Larsen, violin
Hoffman Auditorium
Saint Joseph College
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, Connecticut
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Verdi: Nabucco Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Tomassetti: Concerto in E Major for Violin and Chamber Orchestra |
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| An orchestra member's creation comes to life in this premiere of Gary Tomassetti's Concerto for violin. |
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| Night in Vienna |
Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 6:30 pm
On the lawn at Miss Porter's School
60 Main Street
Farmington, Connecticut
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Strauss: Overture: Die Fledermaus
Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture
Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony |
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| The world of operetta and Viennese elegance is offered up for our popular outdoor concert. |
