UAlbany Symphony Orchestra
Christopher David Neubert, conductor
Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 3pm
Performing Arts Center
Main Theatre UAlbany
Program
Gabriel Faure, Op. 50…………………….………….Pavane
Antonin Dvorak, Op. 88………Symphony No. 8 in G Major 1889
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio
III. Allegretto grazioso
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Program Notes
Pavane (Fauré)
The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus. It was first performed in Paris in 1888, becoming one of the composer's most popular works.
The work is titled after the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name. Fauré's original version of the piece was written for piano and chorus in the late 1880s. He described it as "elegant, assuredly, but not particularly important."
Fauré composed the orchestral version at Le Vésinet in the summer of 1887. He envisaged a purely orchestral composition, using modest forces, to be played at a series of light summer concerts conducted by Jules Danbé
The orchestral version was first performed at a Concert Lamoureux under the baton of Charles Lamoureux on 25 November 1888. Three days later, the choral version was premiered at a concert of the Société nationale de musique. In 1891, the Countess finally helped Fauré produce the version with both dancers and chorus, in a "choreographic spectacle" designed to grace one of her garden parties in the Bois de Boulogne.
1887
The work is scored for modest orchestral forces consisting of strings and one pair each of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and horns.
DVORAK Symphony No. 8
The Symphony No.8 in G major, OP88, B. 163, is a symphony by Antonín Dvořák in 1889 at Vysoká u Příbramě, Bohemia, on the occasion of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science, Literature and Arts. Dvořák conducted the premiere in Prague on 2 February 1890. In contrast to other symphonies of both the composer and the period, the music is cheerful and optimistic. It was originally published as Symphony No. 4.
Dvořák composed and orchestrated the symphony within the two-and-a-half-month period from 26 August to 8 November 1889 at his summer resort in Vysoká u Příbramě, Bohemia. The score was composed on the occasion of his admission to Prague Academy and dedicated "To the Bohemian Academy of Emperor Franz Joseph for the Encouragement of Arts and Literature, in thanks for my election." Dvořák conducted the premiere in Prague on 2 February 1890.
Dvořák tried to achieve a marked difference to his Symphony No. 7, a stormy romantic work. No. 8 would be: "different from the other symphonies, with individual thoughts worked out in a new way". The Eighth is cheery and lyrical and draws its inspiration more from the Bohemian folk music that Dvořák loved.
Dvořák kept the typical format of a symphony in four movements but structured them in an unusual way. All movements show a remarkable variety of themes, many of them based on Bohemian material. Occasionally the development of the themes seems like improvisation.
1. Allegro con brio (G minor → G major)
2. Adagio (E♭ major → C minor → C major)
3. Allegretto grazioso — Molto vivace (G minor → trio and coda in G major)
4. Allegro ma non troppo (G major)
The work is scored for 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1st doubling cor anglais), 2 clarinets (in A and B♭), 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, and strings. Performers
VIOLINS
Bryan Fonder
Concertmaster
Nicole Maher
Logan Stone
Leianne Polanco
William Lombardo
Marvin Hayes
Callum Newton
Adrian Ramos
Monica Alexander
Anthony Parillo
Amanda Sue
Principal
Sarah Cohen
Hope Savercool
Mitchell Pope
Katy Christman
Olivia Arsenicos
Laura Martin
Sarah Kenny
Saige Cooke
Cristina Schiaffo
Marcella Reiter
Melissa Yusaitis
Phoebe Gittelson
VIOLAS
Dara Ribis
Principal
Kayla Somers
Samantha Dalton
Jaime Kendrick
Catherine Rafferty
Robert Lombardo
CELLOS
Joseph Regan
Principal
Connor Gordon
Alisa Bielert
Rachel Morris
Maya Wilkerson
Emma Smith
Isabelle Autore
Alex Urmaza
Sosuke Aizawa
Andrew Craner
Julia Rinaldi
Abigail Tsuji
DOUBLE BASSES
Erik Laurin
Principal
Mary Lemak
Joey Aragones
Connor Hoolan
Molly Martellotta
PICCOLO
Jacqueline Tenney
FLUTES
Maria Mucaria
Jessica Schuh
Jacqueline Tenney
OBOES
Tyler Leicht
Ian Cohen
CLARINETS
James Affatigato
Emily Lucy
BASSOONS
Laura Canham-Lunde
Colin Lunde
FRENCH HORNS
Erica DeNicola
Jonah Hauf
Priscilla Duskin
TRUMPETS
Michael Dietlein
Vincent Amodeo
TROMBONES
Caleb Clapper
Jessica Watson
John England
TUBA
Jacob Reiter
TYMPANI
Niko Nyman
HARP
Kendra Wang
ORCHESTRA LIBRARIAN and MANAGEMENT
Jessica Schuh Hope
Savercool
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