Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
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University of Maryland Concert Choir
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Friday, April 28, 2017— 8pm Sunday, April 30, 2017— 3pm
Music Center At Strathmore Saturday, April 29, 2017— 8pm
Presenting Sponsor:
Marin Alsop, conductor University of Maryland Concert Choir
Arvo Pärt
Credo UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCERT CHOIR
igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms( 1948 revision) I. Psalm 38 II. Psalm 39 III. Psalm 150 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCERT CHOIR
INTERMISSION
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E minor, opus 27 Largo- Allegro moderato Allegro molto Adagio Allegro vivace
The concert will end at approximately 10pm on Friday and Saturday, and 5pm on Sunday.
Friday, April 28: Join the University of Maryland Concert Choir in the Meyerhoff lobby after the concert for a Late Night performance.
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop’ s bio., please see pg. 7.
University of Maryland Concert Choir
The University of Maryland( UMD) Concert Choir is the symphonic choir of the School of Music comprised of singers from the choral ensemble program. It maintains a full schedule of concerts both on and off campus. At The Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center, the UMD Concert Choir has performed such repertoire as Bach’ s Magnificat and Weinachts-Oratorium, Mahler’ s Symphony No. 2, Beethoven’ s Symphony No. 9 and Verdi’ s Messa da Requiem. In 2010, the ensemble was featured in a performance of the oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri led by Paul Goodwin for the School of Music’ s Robert Schumann Festival in honor of the composer’ s 200 th anniversary.
Since 2003, the UMD Concert Choir has regularly collaborated with the National Symphony Orchestra in repertoire such as Bach’ s St. Matthew Passion and Mass in B minor, Haydn’ s Creation, Mendelssohn’ s Elias, Mozart’ s Requiem and Duruflé’ s Requiem, and has served as the chorus for Handel’ s Messiah on seven separate occasions. At the Kennedy Center, the ensemble has appeared under the direction of conductors including Christoph Eschenbach, Helmuth Rilling, Iván Fischer, Matthew Halls, Nathalie Stutzmann and Donald Runnicles.
In Fall 2013, the UMD Concert Choir made its debut with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Marin Alsop in performances of Britten’ s monumental War Requiem to mark the composer’ s centenary. During the 2014 – 2015 season, the UMD Concert Choir also appeared with the BSO SuperPops for a program of music from Broadway under Jack Everly and on the orchestra’ s classical subscription series in Mozart’ s Mass in C Minor under Masaaki Suzuki. Last season, the ensemble returned to the BSO for performances of Brahms’ transcendental Ein deutsches Requiem with BSO Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz.
University of Maryland Concert Choir last appeared in March 2016 performing Brahms’ s Ein Deutsches Requiem, Markus Stenz, conductor.
About the concert:
Credo for Piano, Mixed Choir and Orchestra
Arvo Pärt
Born in Paide, Estonia, September 11, 1935; now living in Berlin, Germany and Talinn, Estonia
The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is renowned today as the leading composer
March – APRIL 2017 | Overture 35