Sunday, October 14, 2007 3pm
Good Shepherd Church
608 Isham St., New York, NY
(211th Street & Broadway)
Tickets: $15, or “Pay what you can afford”
Monday, October 15, 2007 8pm
New World Stages, Stage #3
340 West 50th Street
New York, NY 10019
Tickets: $50/$30 telecharge.com
Music that represents the heart of the SONOS mission.
Join us a for an exciting line-up of not-often, but so “deserved-to-be-heard” pieces for chamber orchestra!
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Legacy of Famed Finnish composer: Jean Sibelius(1865-1957)
3 works for string orchestra: Rakastava (“The Lover”), Suite champêtre, and Suite caractéristique.
PROGRAM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Suite champêtre, op. 98b (1922)
Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Mein Weg for strings and percussion (1989) (New York Premiere)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Rakastava (“The Lover”), op. 14 (1911)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Company for string orchestra (Premiered in New York 1983)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Suite caractéristique, op. 100 (1923)
-intermission–
Ernst von Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Serenade for string trio, op. 10, arr. for string orchestra (1902)
Einar Englund (1916-1999)
Symphony no. 4 “Nostalgic” for strings and percussion (1976) (New York Premiere)
Encore:
Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)
Elegy from Symphonic Suite, op.4, no 1 (1910)
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