Coming in October

Join the LCSO for its 2010-2011 season premier! The LCSO will be performing Grieg's In Autumn, Glazunov's "Autumn" from The Seasons, Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto in F Minor, and Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D Major, to name a few!
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
8:00pm
Irving Arts Center

Coming in November

The LCSO will be performing Piazolla's "Otoņo Porteņo" (Buenos Aires Autumn), Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C Major "Linz", Beethoven's Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano. This performance will also feature Vivaldi's "Autumn" from The Four Seasons.
Saturday, November 20th, 2010
8:00pm
Irving Arts Center
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This performance will feature:

Victor Rupert, violin

Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (Full Orchestra Version)                                               

Timing:  22’58

Appalachian Spring is a ballet score composed by Aaron Copland that premiered in 1944 and has achieved widespread and enduring popularity as an orchestral suite. The ballet, scored for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, was created upon commission of choreographer and dancer Martha Graham with funds from the Coolidge Foundation headed by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge; it premiered on Monday, October 30th, 1944, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, with Martha Graham dancing the lead role. The set was designed by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his achievement.

Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in Bb Major, Op. 38 “Spring”    

Timing:  31’08

Symphony No. 1 in B flat Major, Op. 38 ("Spring") was the first symphonic work composed by Robert Schumann. Although Schumann made some "symphonic attempts" in the autumn of 1840 soon after he married his beloved Clara Wieck, he did not compose his First Symphony until early 1841. Schumann sketched the symphony in four days from 23 January to 26 January and completed the orchestration within a month by 20 February. The premiere took place under the baton of Felix Mendelssohn on 31 March 1841 in Leipzig. The symphony was warmly received. Until Schumann composed this symphony, he was largely known for his works for the piano and for voice. Clara encouraged him to write symphonic music. The title of "Spring Symphony" was bestowed upon it, according to Clara's diary, because of the Spring poems of Adolph Boettger. However, Schumann himself said he was merely inspired by his Liebesfrühling (spring of love). Schumann especially expanded the use of timpani in this revolutionary piece. The symphony has four movements. They are marked:
  1. Andante un poco maestoso – Allegro molto vivace (B flat Major)
  2. Larghetto (E flat Major)
  3. Scherzo: Molto vivace – Trio I: Molto piu vivace – Trio II (G Minor)
  4. Allegro animato e grazioso (B flat Major)
The orchestration is for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, triangle and strings. Schumann made some revisions until the definitive full-score of the symphony was published in 1853. The playing time of the symphony is about 29–32 minutes, depending upon the interpretation.

Antonio Vivaldi – “Spring” (La primavera)” from The Four Seasons (Le Quattro stagioni), Op. 8  

Timing:  10’

The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Vivaldi. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music.  The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, "Winter" is peppered with silvery staccato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often dubbed "Storm."

The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. At the time of writing The Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra). Vivaldi's original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form.
  • Concerto No. 1 in E Major, Op. 8, RV 269, "La primavera" (Spring)
    1. Allegro
    2. Largo
    3. Allegro Pastorale
  • Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, RV 315, "L'estate" (Summer)
    1. Allegro non molto
    2. Adagio e piano - Presto e forte
    3. Presto
  • Concerto No. 3 in F Major, Op. 8, RV 293, "L'autunno" (Autumn)
    1. Allegro
    2. Adagio molto
    3. Allegro
  • Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 8, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter)
    1. Allegro non molto
    2. Largo
    3. Allegro