Sunday, February 18, 2024 / 4:00 pm GALA FLAGELLO Born 1994, Westwood, NJ Vitality Vitality (2022) was written for the Aspen Conducting Academy 2022 orchestral readings and was inspired by a quote by Martha Graham: “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening, that...

Sunday, May 19, 2024 / 4:00 PM HECTOR BERLIOZ Born 1803, Grenoble Died 1869, Paris Les Nuits de'ete By the time Berlioz began composing Nuits d’été (Summer Nights), he had become embittered by his failure to establish himself as a composer and musical force in...

Sunday, April 21, 2024 / 4:00 pm GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Born 1685, Halle, Germany Died 1759, London Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major Ouverture—Adagio e staccato—Allegro/Andante/Allegro da capo— Andante—Passepied—Air—Bourrée—Hornpipe In 1714, Georg Ludwig, the Elector of Hanover, became King George I of England....

Sunday, March 17, 2024 / 4:00 pm GIOACHINO ROSSINI  Born 1792, Pesaro, Italy Died 1868, Paris Overture to L’italiana in Algeri L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers) was one of Rossini’s first great successes. He composed it in just 27 days in the...

Sunday, December 24, 2023 / 4:00 pm CHARLIE CHAPLIN Born 165, Fusignano, Italy Died 1713, Rome Weeping Willows         Mystery and controversy surround much of the life of Arcangelo Corelli. Born of a wealthy landowning family, he studied music at the cathedral of...

January 14, 2024 / 4:00 pm CHARLIE CHAPLIN Born 1889, London Died 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland Weeping Willows Weeping Willows was written for Chaplin’s 1957 film A King in New York. It was his last leading role in a film. Presenting a satirical view of the...

Sunday, September 10, 2023 / 4:00 PM LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Born 1770, Bonn Died 1827, Vienna Leonore Overture No. 3, op.72b No other work gave Beethoven more trouble than his only opera, Leonore, which he retitled Fidelio during its final revision. Beethoven’s problems with the...

Sunday, October 15, 2023 / 4:00 pm JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Born 1685, Eisenach, Germany Died 1750, Leipzig Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 This ever-popular concerto dates from about 1720, or the middle of Bach’s six years as music…