VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
VIVALDI FOUR SEASONS
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday , October 19 , 2018 , 8 pm
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Thursday , October 18 , 2018 , 8 pm Saturday , October 20 , 2018 , 8 pm
Nicholas McGegan , conductor
Boram Kang , violin Angela Lee , violin Qing Li , violin Audrey Wright , violin
Franz Schubert Selections from Rosamunde , D . 797 Overture ( Die Zauberharfe , D . 644 ) Ballet No . 1 – Allegro Moderato Entr ’ acte No . 3 – Andantino Ballet No . 2 – Andantino
Antonio Vivaldi Le quattro stagioni ( The Four Seasons ), op . 8
Concerto No . 1 in E Major , “ La Primavera ” ( Spring ) Allegro Largo Allegro
INTERMISSION
Boram Kang
Concerto No . 2 in G minor , “ L ’ Estate ” ( Summer ) Allegro non molto Adagio Presto
Audrey Wright
Vivaldi Concerto No . 3 in F Major , “ L ’ autunno ” ( Autumn ) Allegro Adagio molto Allegro
Angela Lee
Concerto No . 4 in F minor , “ L ’ inverno ” ( Winter ) Allegro non molto Largo Allegro
Qing Li
Robert Schumann Konzertstück Lebhaft Romanze : Ziemlich langsam Sehr lebhaft
Philip Munds Lisa Bergman
Austin Larson Gabrielle Finck
The program will end at approximately 10 pm .
PRESENTING SPONSOR :
Philip Munds , horn Lisa Bergman , horn Austin Larson , horn Gabrielle Finck , horn
RANDY BEACH
About the Artists
Nicholas McGegan
As he embarks on his sixth decade on the podium , Nicholas McGegan — long hailed as “ one of the finest baroque conductors of his generation ” ( The Independent ) and “ an expert in 18 th -century style ” ( The New Yorker ) — is recognized for his probing and revelatory explorations of music of all periods . The 2018 – 19 season marks his 33 rd year as music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale and he is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Pasadena Symphony .
Best known as a Baroque and Classical specialist , McGegan ’ s approach — intelligent , infused with joy and never dogmatic — has led to appearances with many of the world ’ s major orchestras . At home in opera houses , McGegan shone new light on close to 20 Handel operas as the artistic director and conductor at the Göttingen Handel Festival for 20 years ( 1991 – 2001 ) and the Mozart canon as principal guest conductor at Scottish Opera in the 1990s . At the same time , he was principal conductor of the Drottningholm Opera in Sweden .
McGegan ’ s prolific discography includes more than 100 releases spanning five decades . Having recorded over 50 albums of Handel , McGegan has explored the depths of the composer ’ s output with a dozen oratorios and close to twenty of his operas . Under its own label , Philharmonia Baroque Productions ( PBP ), Philharmonia has released almost a dozen acclaimed albums of Handel , Scarlatti , Vivaldi , Brahms , Haydn , Beethoven and more . Since the 1980s , McGegan has released more than 20 recordings with Hungary ’ s Capella Savaria on the Hungaroton label , the latest being a 2-CD set of the complete Mozart violin concertos .
English-born McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford . He is an honorary professor at the Georg-August University in Göttingen and also was given an honorary Doctorate of Music
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