Program Notes | SFS Strata II—Amor!
Program Notes | Choral Masterworks
Program Notes | Celebrating Stravinsky
Program Notes | Season Finale
Program Note | Histoire du Soldat
June 26 though July 26, 2022 IGOR STRAVINSKY Born 1882, Oranienbaum, Russia Died 1971, New York City Histoire du Soldat Stravinsky spent the difficult period of World War I in Switzerland. The war prevented productions of Stravinsky’s music, halting his income, and the Russian Revolution…
Program Notes | Romantic Legacies
Program Notes | Mozart, Haydn & Fung
Program Note | Handel’s Messiah
Saturday, Nov 18, 2023 / 7:00 pm Sunday, Nov 19, 2023 / 4:00 pm GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Born 1685, Halle, Germany Died 1759, London Messiah Throughout most of the 1730s, George Frideric Handel was London’s most prominent and successful musician. Renowned for his string of…
Program Notes | Beethoven’s Emperor
Handel’s Messiah
November 23 & 24, 2019 Born February 23, 1685, Halle, GermanyDied April 14, 1759, LondonIn the latter part of his career, the music of George Frideric Handel had become less fashionable and his financial straits dire. Nonetheless, in 1741, he was invited to compose works…