| Sunday Nov 03, 2019 4:00 PM - Sunday Nov 03, 2019 6:00 PM | Free - $18.24 |
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The New Millennium Chamber Orchestra presents "Bohemian Rhapsodies"
Join Music Director James Richard Frieman and The New Millennium Chamber Orchestra for a concert featuring "Bohemian Rhapsodies" - works inspired by Bohemia, its countryside and folk music along with music created by Bohemian and Czech composers.
We always enjoy the adventure of discovering composers that we haven't encountered before, and we're pleased to essay Vítzslava Kaprálová's 1938 "Suita Rustica," which draws much of its material from Bohemian folk song. It's full of an exuberant life-force and mastery of compositional technique that belies the young age of its composer, who finished this piece scarcely two years before her untimely death at the age of 25.
Mozart's "Prague" Symphony was indeed premiered in that city in 1787, probably because Mozart felt more at home with the residents of Prague than with the musical public in Austria or France. The brilliant Symphony No. 38 in D, full of harmonic innovation and textural richness, is one of his most popular symphonies. It comprises only three movements instead of the usual four, but the elegant structural balance between the three movements makes the omission of the usual Minuet seem perfect.
The delightful "Three Dances" from Bedrich Smetana's opera "The Bartered Bride" capture perfectly the bursting spirits and country manner of the opera. The Polka, which closes Act I, accompanies the impromptu dancing of a group of villagers. Act II, set in a tavern, depicts the performance of a whirling Furiant. The Dance of the Comedians takes place in Act III when a circus troupe arrives in the village and performs a pantomime.
The Adagietto from Gustav Mahlers Fifth Symphony, a short, lyrical composition for strings and harp, is an introduction to the final movement of Mahlers Fifth Symphony. It is frequently performed as an independent work and is the composer's best-known piece. Hauntingly beautiful, it was written by Mahler as a love letter to Alma Schindler whom he married in 1902.
Dvoráks Symphony No. 6 was premiered by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra on March 25, 1881, in Prague. Dvorák wrote the symphony in four movements with many similarities to symphonies by Brahms and Beethoven and references to Czech folk tunes. We will perform the second movement, Adagio in Bb major, a loose rondo of variations within sections that ends with pianissimo woodwinds.
We will also feature the Finale of Dvoráks Serenade in D-minor, Op. 44, a work composed in two weeks in 1878, which was well-received and praised by Brahms. The Finale begins with a lively polka-like theme that returns at intervals interspersed with new material, followed by the reappearance of the first movement march right before one last polka.
Celebrate Bohemian music of the classical kind with us at one of our two performances:
Saturday, November 2nd at 7:00 pm at Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, in Woodside.
Sunday, November 3rd at 4:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, 1140 Cowper St. in Palo Alto.
Discount advance tickets are available online at www.nmchamberorchestra.org or from your friendly orchestra member. Tickets are also available at the door at both performances.
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LocationFirst Presbyterian Church Palo Alto (View)
1140 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
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| Minimum Age: 5 |
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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