Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D Minor
Camille Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor
Ernest Bloch, Schelomo
Camille Saint-Saëns, Danse Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"
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Opening night is September 28th, 2024 at the Newport Performing Arts Center. Music Director, Adam Flatt, will lead the orchestra in this tour-de-force of great masterworks. The concert begins at 7:30pm.
The evening begins with Robert Schumann’s incredible Symphony No. 4 in D Minor. Composed in 1841 for his wife, Clara, the composer had hoped that none other than Felix Mendelssohn would conduct the premiere. Sadly the maestro was unavailable. Nevertheless the piece has seen many interpretations including by the composer himself.
Next up is Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No. 1, in A Minor by Camille Saint-Saëns. Featuring Mark Votapek as our soloist, this piece is at once charming and furious with passionate melodies to stir the soul. This is a performance you do not want to miss!
After a short intermission we continue with another feature for our great cellist. Ernest Bloch, who spent his final years in Agate Beach, gives us his Schelomo-Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra. This is an intensely expressive piece inspired by the Old Testament.
The concert closes with Camille Saint-Saëns’ Danse Bacchanale from “Samson and Delilah”. After Delilah seduces then betrays our hero, the Philistines drag the blinded Samson out of prison to taunt him relentlessly with an all night bacchanale. Little did they suspect that Samson’s strength had yet to reveal itself as he, quite literally, brings the house down!
