TCHAIKOVSKY THRILL RIDE gallery, and sensationalizing the dress circle. And the Spider Dance! Has not every son of Columbia witnessed the Spider Dance? No? Well then … Lola comes in— sails in— flies in— arrayed in a costume to which Joseph’ s coat could never think of comparing. She stands an instant full of fire, action and abandon …. She commences to dance and cobwebs entangle her ankles. The myriads of spiders … begin to colonize. The spiders accumulate— hairy monsters with five-clawed feelers and nimble shanks— crawl and sprattle about the stage, invading the fringe of Milady’ s petticoats.… It is Lola versus the spiders.… She stamps daylight out of the last of the ten thousand, and does it with so much naiveté, that we feel a sort of satisfaction at the triumph. The picture winds up with Lola’ s victory, and she glides from the stage overwhelmed with applause, and smashed spiders, and radiant with parti-colored skirts, smiles, graces, cobwebs and glory.’”
Instrumentation: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Two flutes, two piccolos, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings.
Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance Three flutes including piccolo, two oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, percussion, piano and strings.
CONCIERTO DE ARANJUEZ
Joaquín Rodrigo
Born in Sagunto, Spain, November 22, 1901; died in Madrid, Spain, July 6, 1999
Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo died in 1999 at the age of 97. His Concierto de Aranjuez has become one of the bestloved works of the 20 th century, and this, along with his 25 other compositions for classical guitar, has contributed enormously to the instrument’ s prominence in concert halls today.
Blind since the age of three, Rodrigo became a pupil of Paul Dukas in his 20s, and a French sensitivity to color mingles with the Spanish influences in his music. He lived in exile in Paris during the Spanish Civil War, but soon returned to become the dean of Spanish composers, noted especially for his mastery of melody and atmosphere.
In 1992 King Juan Carlos of Spain honored Rodrigo with the hereditary title“ Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez.” The beautiful royal gardens of Aranjuez were the inspiration for Rodrigo’ s Concierto de Aranjuez, composed in 1939 during the waning days of the Spanish Civil War. Its serene evocation of such a pastoral setting must have seemed even more poignant when it was introduced in Madrid in 1940, so soon after the country’ s bloody convulsions.
JOIN US FOR BALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS’ 2017-18 SEASON
A New Era is About to Begin
Welcome Music Director Anthony Blake Clark
Handel’ s Dixit Dominus
Saturday, October 28, 2017 at 8 pm Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Blake Clark conducts the Chorus and Orchestra in Handel’ s virtuosic work as well as music of Bach, Haydn, and Randall Thompson.
Christmas with Choral Arts
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 7:30 pm The Baltimore Basilica, 409 Cathedral Street
Blake Clark leads the Chorus and Orchestra in this popular annual holiday program.
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Sing-Along Messiah
Friday, December 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Join in singing the great choruses of Handel’ s Messiah. Bring your own score or buy one at the concert.
Christmas for Kids
Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 11 am Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College
Holiday fun for the entire family, featuring Pepito the Clown and a visit from Santa!
Duruflé Requiem
Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3 pm St. Paul’ s Episcopal Church, 233 N. Charles Street
World-renowned organist Jeremy Filsell showcases the magnificent organ in the historic St. Paul’ s Church, as Blake Clark conducts the Duruflé Requiem, Bernstein’ s Chichester Psalms and other works.
SEP – OCT 2017 / OVERTURE 13