The Charlottesville Symphony presents the third masterworks of its 50th season on Saturday, February 8th at 7:30 pm at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia, and Sunday, February 9th at 3:30 pm, at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King Performing Arts Center.
Eric Garcia, Conductor
Program:
HAGUE — Morning Overture
UVA Concerto Competition Winner — bass-baritone Jack Siegel
PROKOFIEV — Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
The Charlottesville Symphony at the University of Virginia continues its 50th Anniversary Season on Saturday, February 8, 7:30pm, at Old Cabell Hall on the Grounds of the University of Virginia and Sunday, February 9, 3:30pm, at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center.
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Note: Due to a death in his family, Charlottesville Symphony Music Director Benjamin Rous is unable to conduct this weekend’s performances. His replacement is long-time colleague Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic and Conductor of the McCall MusicFest (ID). Garcia previously served as Assistant Conductor of the Seattle Symphony, where he led subscription, education, pops and community concerts.
The program, selected by Benjamin Rous, remains unchanged. Kristin Hauge’s “Morning Overture” and excerpts from Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet open and close the concerts. In between, UVA fourth-year student and bass-baritone Jack Siegel joins the orchestra in three popular opera arias. He is the winner of UVA’s second annual Concerto Competition which seeks to highlight the talents of student musicians in the university’s Department of Music. Siegel will sing “La vendetta” from Wolfgang Amadè Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, “Vecchia zimarra senti” from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini and “The Toreador Song” – “Votre toast” – from Georges Bizet’s Carmen.
Kristin Hauge’s “Morning Overture” opens the concerts. Hauge is a PhD candidate in the Composition & Computer Technologies program within the University of Virginia’s Music Department. “Morning Overture” traces the unfolding of the morning from dawn until noon: the sun rises, birds flit and animals awaken.
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Continuing the focus on UVA musicians, Fourth-Year student and bass-baritone Jack Siegel joins the orchestra in three popular opera arias. He is the winner of UVA’s second annual Concerto Competition which seeks to highlight the talents of student musicians in the university’s Music Department. Siegel will sing “La vendetta” from The Marriage of Figaro, “Vecchia zimarra senti” from La Bohème and “The Toreador Song” – “Votre toast” – from Carmen.
The orchestra’s February concerts are underwritten in part by the Vesta Lee Gordon Fund at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation. Major season support has also been provided by the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation.
In-depth program notes by Program Annotator Laurie Shulman are posted on the orchestra’s website, www.cvillesymphony.org, two weeks prior to each Masterworks concert.
Free parking is available in the UVA Central Grounds Parking Garage, located on Emmet Street South on Saturday nights and at Charlottesville High School’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center on Sunday afternoons. The Charlottesville Free Trolley stops at McCormick Road near the UVA Amphitheater, in close proximity to Old Cabell Hall. Both venues are wheelchair accessible.
Single tickets are $10-$53 for adults and $10 for students. UVA students may request one complimentary ticket in advance. Tickets may be purchased at the University of Virginia Arts Box Office, (434) 924-3376, 12:00-5:00pm, Tuesday through Friday in the lobby of the UVA Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road, or online at www.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu.
All University of Virginia employees (faculty and staff of all UVA departments and professional schools) are entitled to a 20% discount on tickets to individual performances. This offer does not apply to subscriptions, the December Family Holiday Concerts, Pops at the Paramount or previously purchased tickets.
REMAINING 2024-25 CONCERTS INFORMATION
MOZART REQUIEM
Saturday, March 22, 7:30pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Sunday, March 23, 3:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center
SAMUEL BARBER – Adagio for String
A.D. CARSON - & metaphors (world premiere of 50th Anniversary commissioned work)
with:
A.D. Carson, Rapper
Patrick Dailey, Countertenor
WOLFGANG AMADÈ MOZART – Requiem
with:
Clara Rottsolk, Soprano
Patrick Dailey, Countertenor
Gene Stenger, Tenor
Andrew Garland, Baritone
UVA University Singers
RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
Saturday, April 26, 7:30pm, Old Cabell Hall, UVA Grounds
Sunday, April 27, 3:30pm, Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center
CLAUDE DEBUSSY – Claire de lune
KAIJA SAARIAHO – Asteroid 4179 - Toutatis
ALEXANDER BORODIN – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF – Piano Concerto No. 3 with Anna Han, Piano
"Know before you go" Answers to frequently asked questions about Charlottesville Symphony Concerts.
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