August 2009 Symphony Season - Program 6
Saturday, August 15, 2009 -
The Teacher and the Pupil
Stephen Alltop, conductor
Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
Suna Avci, soprano
Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano
Peter Sovitzky, tenor
Keven Keys, bass
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, H26b #2
Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano
Beethoven: Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Suna Avci, soprano
Orna Arania, soprano
Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano
Peter Sovitsky, tenor
Paul Reineck, tenor
Keven Keys, bass-baritone
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop will lead a ten minute Q&A encore after the concert.
The second week of the 2009 season concludes with a program of first performances at the Festival. Although the music is new to the Festival, the artists are all Festival veterans. The Apollo Chorus of Chicago returns for their fifth Festival appearance.
Although completed three weeks before the news of Nelson's victory arrived at Esterhazy, Lord Nelson later heard the Mass performed during a visit. The vocal writing, particularly for the soloist, is incredibly challenging and Haydn introduces something new: trumpets and timpani. The Arianna a Naxos Motet was composed for harpsichord and voices and later orchestrated after Haydn's death. The rarely performed Beethoven Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra shows Beethoven's early musical architecture that later provided elements of the structure of the Ninth Symphony.
The Apollo Chorus of Chicago first performed at the Festival in 2002 in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The Chorus appeared in Handel's Dixit Dominus in 2005, Haydn's Creation in 2005, and Bach's B Minor Mass in 2006.
Hear Music Director Victor Yampolsky and Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop discuss this program and some unique aspects of the music by clicking here.
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This concert is sponsored by Richard Kozak in memory of Marian R. Polito
