BALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS PRESENTS
Instrumentation: Flute, two oboes,
two bassoons, two horns and strings.
MOZART
REQUIEM
SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 | 3 PM
SHRIVER HALL
AUDITORIUM
accustomed ourselves to the turmoil,
Haydn throws in one of his trademark
surprises: a whimsical dancing theme
in the flute and strings that waltzes in
to close the exposition. Veering off to a
distant key, it also opens the development.
And it gets the last word for the
movement’s unexpected subdued close.
Conveying an atmosphere of sunshine
trying with difficulty to break through
clouds, the beautiful, mercurial slow
movement reminds many commentators
of the music of Schubert thirty years
ahead. Though the key is B-flat major,
this is music that constantly pulls toward
the minor and ultimately falls deeply into
it for the development section.
Rather than a light minuet, movement
three is music of grim determination in
D minor with a plodding beat. Moving
to D major, the trio brings relaxation
and grace, though it seems to become
continually stuck on the same pitch.
The sonata-form finale is delightfully
askew in its rhythms, the first violins
playing in syncopations against the
rest of the orchestra. Gradually, other
instruments likewise venture off the beat,
with the flutes doing this to wonderful
effect in a development section that
manages to combine charm with drama.
Fleet fiddling produces a comic-opera
flourish at the end.
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
HOMEWOOD CAMPUS
Steven Soph, tenor • Philip Munds, horn • The Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra
Baltimore Choral Arts’ 2019-20 season concludes with Mozart’s emotionally
evocative Requiem, one of the iconic works in the orchestral and choral repertoire.
Britten’s Serenade pairs six poems exploring the calm and sinister moods of night.
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. (412+514)/386b
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
Benjamin Britten
Requiem in D major, K. 626
Mozart
Tickets: $25 – $43 (Half-priced tickets available with Student ID)
Call 410.523.7070 or visit www.BaltimoreChoralArts.org
Notice: Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc. has leased or rented facilities from the Johns Hopkins University. However, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc. and any
programs operated by Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc. are not related to or affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University in any way. Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
is an entirely separate legal entity with no connection to the Johns Hopkins University aside from the temporary use of facilities for the specified program.
ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK
Music Director
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MANDOLIN CONCERTO IN C MAJOR
LUTE CONCERTO IN D MAJOR
Antonio Vivaldi
Born in Venice, Italy, March 4, 1678;
died in Vienna, Austria, July 28, 1741
Considering Vivaldi’s huge popularity
today, it is difficult to conceive that after
his pauper’s death in Vienna in 1741 his
music should have languished in obscurity
for some 200 years. Yet this is exactly
what happened: only the rediscovery and
recording of The Four Seasons in 1950
brought this delicious music alive again,
and the Vivaldi craze that began then still
shows no signs of waning.
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