Program Notes for November 12, 2022
From the Mothership to the Underworld- November 12, 2022
Meet our Program Notes Author - Michael Beert
Michael Beert, principal cello and program note annotator
Shakespeare and the Silk Road - May 14, 2022
Notes for Jacobsen: Ascending Bird; Wijeratne: Concerto for Tabla; and Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites.
Spring Love and Butterflies - April 30, 2022
Notes for Mozart: “Haffner” Symphony; He: Butterfly Lovers Concerto; Williams: The Chairman’s Waltz from Memoirs of a Geisha; Copland: Appalachian Spring; and Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz.
Rachmaninoff and the Hollywood Sound - March 19, 2022
Notes for Steiner: Casablanca Suite; Hermann: Psycho Suite for Strings; Rota: Godfather Suite; Hisaishi: Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round” from Howl’s Moving Castle; Korngold: Finale from Robin Hood Suite; and Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2.
The Great Gatsby - February 12, 2022
Notes for Harbison: Remembering Gatsby, Foxtrot for Orchestra; Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Copland: Quiet City; Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing Suite; and Gershwin: Gershwin in Hollywood.
Rhythm and Beauty - January 15, 2022
Notes for Márquez Danzon No. 2; Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez; and Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4.