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Classical Concert 3 - January 20 & 21, 2007
"Beethoven
and Schumann: Creators of the Romantic Era"
William Schuman: American Festival Overture
Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A Minor, Lynn
Harrell, soloist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, "Eroica"
After
a revered 20th-Century American master's celebration of Americana
(it was first played by the Boston Symphony under Koussevitsky in
1939), one of the world's finest cellists, Lynn Harrell, plays a concerto
you may not have heard before, or at least not very often. Composer,
pianist, conductor, writer, critic - Robert Schumann's influence gave
the Romantic spirit set loose by Beethoven its highly emotional and
colorful characteristics. Beethoven's 1803 "Eroica" Symphony
ushered in a new musical era with an electric flash that both confounded
and inspired musicians and the public alike.
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CapePops III - February 10 & 11, 2007
"The Sounds of New Orleans" - A Louis Armstrong Tribute
Byron Stripling, trumpet and vocals
"A contagious smile, charm, virtuoso trumpeter, right-on vocals,...he ignites the audience!" He is known worldwide for his many outstanding performances. On Broadway, he played Louis Armstrong in the musical "Satchmo" and performed in "From Second Avenue to Broadway". On TV, he was the featured soloist on the PBS "Evening at Pops", with conductors John Williams and Keith Lockhart, and was a soloist on The Grammy Awards. It's his trumpet and voice on movie soundtrackts, TV commericals and theme songs including "20/20", and "CNN". |
Classical Concert 4 - April 14 & 15, 2007
"The
King of Instruments"
Rimskii-Korsakov: Overture, The Great Russian Easter
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra and
Timpani in G Minor
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, "Organ",
James David Christie, soloist
Rimskii-Korsakov's well-known evocation of a Russian Orthodox Easter
celebration is the perfect set-up for the grand eloquence of the organ.
Poulenc's 1938 masterpiece pulls out all the stops in homage to the
great Baroque era organ works. Saint-Saëns, an organ virtuoso
himself, follows a restless first movement of his Symphony with an
Adaigio of incredible beauty where the organ first enters. A brilliant
Scherzo followed without pause by a thrilling Finale gives true meaning
to the word "monumental". Former Bostonian and Cape Codder
James David Christie, now of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, gets
a workout for your pleasure.
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Classical Concert 5 - May 5 & 6, 2007
"Opposites
Attract"
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
Tchaikovskii: Violin Concerto in D Major, Miriam
Fried, soloist
These
pieces really have little in common, but we think you won't mind at
all. Better known as a conductor and in 1842 the founder of the Vienna
Philharmonic, Otto Nicolai's 1849 comic opera is a microcosm of Shakespear's
play - a gorgeous dawn over London, the happy chatter of Alice Ford,
Meg Page, Mistress Quickly and Nannetta, and even the rumbling of
the old Knight himself, Sir John Falstaff. After Grofé's beloved
depiction of an American treasure, doyenne of the violin Miriam Fried
concludes the season with probably the world's favorite violin concerto.
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