ROSSINI
La Gazza Ladra, Overture
REINECKE
Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 283 Krzysztof Kaczka, soloist
TCHAIKOVSKY
Selections from The Nutcracker
Sarah McKittrick Sethi, bassoon
Yuki Katayama, bassoon
John Russo, piano
JS Bach
Suite No. 3 for solo cello, transcribed for trombone
Eric Ewazen
"Eaglehawk" for trombone trio
Arcangelo Corelli
selections from a set of trio sonatas transcribed for trombone trio
Frederic Chopin
Scherzo in c# minor for piano
Charles Griffes
"Fountain of the Aqua Paola" for piano
Edvard Grieg
"March of the Trolls" for piano
Igor Stravinski
Octet for wind instruments
Gioachino Rossini
Rene Gebauer works arranged for bassoon duet
Rossini
Overture to “Semiramide”
Bartok
Viola Concerto
Hsin-Yun Huang, soloist
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A
“Semiramide,” Rossini’s opera seria, begins with this riotously festive overture, containing one of Rossini’s most delightful “crescendo” passages. Bartok’s Viola Concerto, in the hands of celebrated soloist Hsin-Yun Huang, shows the composer’s feelings at the end of his life, the devastation of WWII, but also his profound love for the folk music of his native Hungary. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony ends this first program, the lilting masterpiece that Richard Wagner dubbed “the Apotheosis of the Dance.”
