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c i s u M Making Beautiful now richly harmonized and melodically embellished. The buildup to the soloist’s first entrance is one of the most exciting in the repertoire: a whirling string ostinato topped by a rising, syncopated line in the woodwinds. The soloist lives up to the excitement in an extended rhapsody that shows off his command of the violin’s range, agility and multiple- stopped chords. Brahms saves his best tune for later: a mellow, arching waltz melody launched by the soloist. Finally, notice the dreamlike coda that follows the final solo cadenza (composed by Joachim). Here, the violin meditates gently on the first theme over slow- moving harmonies before accelerating to a heroic cadence. Lyrical melody rules the F-major slow movement. The woodwinds, led by a solo oboe singing one of Brahms’ most beautiful melodies, are answered by the strings and led by the soloist. Ironically, the violinist never gets to play that wonderful oboe tune but instead rhapsodizes on it in a series of high-flying variations. After a ruefully passionate episode in the distant key of F-sharp minor, the violin and oboe are united for the movement’s close. Machismo dominates the finale in an exhilarating gypsy-rondo dance. Brahms spent his late teens as an accompanist to the flamboyant Hungarian violinist Eduard Rémenyi and developed a lifelong fondness for the fire of gypsy music. Here he combines those early memories and his love of intricate rhythmic cross- play to create a blazing finish for violinist and orchestra. at Howard County’s Premier Retirement Community Residences are 99% reserved. Be the first to join the Priority List for the first that become available! 9000 Fathers Legacy Ellicott City, MD 21042 410-465-2005 | www.MillersGrant.org OLD COURT CROSSING PIKESVILLE’S LUXURY SFH COMMUNITY BY BEAZER HOMES 410.558.6701 beazer.com Instrumentation: Two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani and strings. SYMPHONY NO. 11 IN G MINOR Mark Huang Dmitri Shostakovich REALTOR®/BSO BASSIST Direct: 443.801.5011 Office: 443.746.2088 [email protected] Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, September 25, 1906; died in Moscow, U.S.S.R., August 9, 1975 On Sunday, January 9, 1905, several thousand workers and their families, led Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. M AY– J U N 201 9 / OV E R T U R E 17