Rhapsody in Blue
October 21 & 22, 2022 at 7:30 pm
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Modesto Symphony Orchestra
Rhapsody in Blue
Friday, October 21, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 7:30 pm
Gallo Center for the Arts, Mary Stuart Rogers Theater
Christopher Dragon, conductor
Gabriela Martinez, piano
Program
Florence Price (1887-1953)
Concert Overture No. 2 (1943)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Gabriela Martinez, piano
INTERMISSION
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World," Op. 95 (1893)
I.Adagio - Allegro molto
II. Largo
III. Molto vivace
IV. Allegro con Fuoco
Notes about:
Price’s Concert Overture No. 2
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95
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Notes about:
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Hersh: Canzon per sonar noni toni a 12
Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Notes about:
Margaret Bonds: Selections from The Montgomery Variations
Arturo Márquez: Fandango
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Notes about:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major
Klebanov: Symphony No. 1
Williams: A Prayer for Peace
Notes about:
Williams: Concerto for Cello & Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor
Notes about:
Gershwin (arr. Hersh): Three Preludes
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Norman: Drip Blip Sparkle Spin Glint Glide Glow Float Flop Chop Pop Shatter Splash
Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Notes about:
Mendelssohn’s Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ortiz’s La Calaca for String Orchestra
The Four Seasons Mixtape:
Vivaldi’s L’estate (Summer)
Richter’s Autumn from The Four Seasons Recomposed
Ysaÿe’s Chant d’hiver (Wintersong)
Piazzolla’s Primavera portena (Beunos Aires Spring)
Notes about:
Borodin's “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Op. 165
Williams' “Escapades” from Catch Me If You Can
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances for Large Orchestra, Op. 45
Notes about:
Pärt’s Fratres
Beach’s Peace I Leave With You
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral”
Notes about:
Piazzolla’s Tangazo (Variations on Buenos Aires)
Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Bach’s Fugue in G minor BWV 578 “Little Fugue”
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

