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Bainbridge symphony orchestrafrom the new worldMusic Director & Conductor David Upham April 17 & 18, 2010 Tickets Sponsors The third concert of Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra’s 2009-2010 Season explores America’s influence on the music of the Western world, featuring works by Ives, Delius, Gershwin, and concluding with Dvorák’s beloved Symphony No.9 in E minor “From the New World.” The Bainbridge Symphony buys American by David Upham For years, many Americans felt that the United States had to import its musical culture from its European roots. In the 1800s America could proclaim Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Whitman, and Melville as native sons and authors, but its most famous composers included Chadwick, MacDowell, and Gottschalk – names still less familiar today. The Bainbridge Symphony’s April concerts, however, will feature music that reversed that trend - America’s musical exports to the rest of the world. Ironically, America’s native musical talents and resources found their greatest advocate in a European. When Antonín Dvorák’s was recruited by Jeanette Thurber to become director of The National Conservatory of Music in New York in 1892, he set out to discover American music and incorporate it into his composition, much as he had done with the folk music of his native Bohemia. He was greatly impressed by African American songs and spirituals, and became an early advocate of the African American composers whom he taught at the Conservatory. In writing his final symphony, the great Symphony No.9 in E minor, he accomplished his goal of demonstrating the great potential of America’s native resources. Another European who was greatly impressed with America was Frederick Delius. Born in England to German parents, he requested he be sent by his father to Florida. While there running the family grapefruit plantation, young Frederick became enamored with the same songs and spirituals that had impressed Dvorák. Delius’s “Two Pieces for Small Orchestra” will be on the symphony’s April program. The program will also include two works by the American composers Charles Ives and George Gershwin. Charles Ives lived his whole life in New England, far removed from the mainstream of European musical culture. However, he managed to create some of the most far-reaching and radical innovations in composition. The symphony will perform his moving work entitled “The Unanswered Question.” Finally, in tribute to the great American art form of jazz, George Gershwin’s overture to the show “Crazy For You” will also be performed, including such great tunes as “I Got Rhythm,” “Embraceable You,” and “Someone to Watch Over Me.”
Small Ensemble CommunityPerformance ~ brass quintet April 9, 2010 Free Classical, old favorites and Dixieland-style music will liven up the Pavilion as a Brass Quintet featuring two trumpets (Terry Nickels and George Morris), and a French horn (Jeff Jensen), trombone (Dick Heine), and tuba (Jas Linford) perform an eclectic program in advance of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra’s April performances at BPA. This special community preview is for music-lovers of all ages.
Behind the ScoreWith Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Music Director David Upham and musical excerpts from the winter program April 11 , 2010 Free This special community presentation offers a “behind the score” sneak preview for Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra’s spring concerts on April 17 & 18, 2010. Musical selections reveal America’s influence on the music of the Western world. |
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