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Robert Shafer, Artistic Director

We are proud to present our

2015 -2016 SE A SON
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Sunday, October 25, 2015 | 4:30 pm
The City Choir of Washington
The City Choir Chamber Orchestra

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Sunday, December 13, 2015 | 4:30 pm
The City Choir of Washington
The City Choir Brass Ensemble

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Sunday, April 10, 2016 | 4:30 pm
The City Choir of Washington
The City Choir Chamber Orchestra

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exploits the instrument’s upper range.
With charming contributions from
the high woodwinds, this music moves
directly into the slow movement.
Here the soloist introduces yet another
melody — the most romantic of them all
— played on the warm-toned G string and
enhanced by rich double-stopping. This
extended rhapsody closes in a high trill
for the violin and a gently rising cadence
for the woodwinds. Now we return to the
first movement’s two themes: the Slavic
first theme murmured by violas and the
descending second in flute and oboe. In a
delayed development section, the orchestra muses over both melodies; the violin
eventually joins in, at first playfully, then in
passionate double stops. Eventually, it floats
off into a lengthy, virtuosic cadenza that
completes the movement and paves the way
for the finale.
A pair of trumpets in dialogue with
the soloist outlines the finale’s dashing,
playful theme. And there are yet more engaging tunes to come as this folk-inspired
rondo gives both soloist and orchestra
plentiful opportunities to shine.
Instrumentation: Two flutes, piccolo, two
oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns,
two trumpets, three trombones, timpani,
percussion, harp and strings.

Matthew Kleiser ‘17

Symphony No. 6 in F Major,
“Pastoral”

Ludwig van Beethoven

Born in Bonn, Germany, December 16, 1770;
died in Vienna, Austria, March 26, 1827

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an urban man living in Vienna, but his
heart belonged to the country. Even when
he was confined to the city, he seldom
missed a daily walk on the walls that then
encircled Vienna and from which he could
gaze off into the surrounding countryside.
During the summers, he escaped town
altogether and spent the warm months in
outlying villages such as Heiligenstadt,
Mödling, and Baden. Musical sketchbook in hand, he roamed the fields and
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