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"From Budapest to Vienna to the American Frontier"
Sunday, April 19th, 2026. 3pm
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program includes:
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Suite for 13 Instruments
Bartok, Violin Concerto No. 1
Airi Yoshioka, violin
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Sunday, April 19th, 2026. 3pm
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program includes:
Copland: Appalachian Spring: Suite for 13 Instruments
Bartok, Violin Concerto No. 1
Airi Yoshioka, violin
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Experience Bartók's impassioned Violin Concerto No. 1 and Strauss's opulent Suite from Der Rosenkavalier in rare chamber orchestra arrangements inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's visionary Society for Private Musical Performance. In early 20th-century Vienna, Schoenberg's Society brought monumental orchestral scores into salon-sized venues, revealing intricate details often lost in larger halls and making essential works accessible to new audiences.
At the heart of the program stands Copland's Appalachian Spring, premiered in Washington, DC, and composed specifically for thirteen instruments—a masterwork of American music that captures the spare beauty of the frontier spirit and the warmth of community gathering.
From Bartók's intensely personal portrait of love and longing to the radiant waltzes of Strauss's Vienna and the open prairie of Copland's America, this program celebrates the power of chamber music to illuminate the essential character of beloved masterpieces.
At the heart of the program stands Copland's Appalachian Spring, premiered in Washington, DC, and composed specifically for thirteen instruments—a masterwork of American music that captures the spare beauty of the frontier spirit and the warmth of community gathering.
From Bartók's intensely personal portrait of love and longing to the radiant waltzes of Strauss's Vienna and the open prairie of Copland's America, this program celebrates the power of chamber music to illuminate the essential character of beloved masterpieces.
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