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Julian Rachlin
MAR 14 MAY 16
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
Conductor Markus Stenz brings us an entertaining program
of music inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. Mendelssohn’s
marvelous Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer
Night’s Dream, begun when he was 17, captures all the whimsy
and fantasy of this beloved comedy with its tale of lovers and
clowns lost in a forest enchanted by fairies, and will feature
two vocal soloists. Shostakovich's Incidental Music to Hamlet,
written for a satirical production of the play in Moscow in 1932,
displays the young composer’s irreverent humor in his music at
that time. As a teenager, Julian Rachlin was a phenomenal violin prodigy.
In this chamber orchestra program, he plays the roles of
violinist and conductor in two versions of “The Four Seasons.”
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons from Italy vividly set the model
for descriptive music. The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by
Argentina’s brilliant master of the tango Astor Piazzolla makes
a fiery, mesmerizing contrasting work. The program also
includes Mozart’s charming Divertimento in D Major, written
when he was only 16 for outdoor entertainment in Salzburg.
MARKUS STENZ, CONDUCTOR
AMELIA D’ARCY, SOPRANO
WOMEN'S VOICES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCERT
CHOIR, EDWARD MACLARY, DIRECTOR
JULIAN RACHLIN, VIOLIN AND CONDUCTOR
VIVALDI The Four Seasons
MOZART Divertimento in D Major
PIAZZOLLA The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
SHOSTAKOVICH Incidental Music to Hamlet
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
*In collaboration with Folger Theatre
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