The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra
Guillermo Figueroa, Music Director
Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano

PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor

GINA GILLIE
Philharmonic Fanfare

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

Anne-Marie McDermott, Piano

OF NOTE!

• There are three versions of the overture to Leonore—the original version of the opera
  Fidelio—plus a fourth one that is now used in Beethoven’s only opera. Overture No. 1
  was composed for a production in Prague that never took place. The second overture
  was used for the opera’s premiere in 1805, but its difficulty (particularly for the wind
  players) led to the third iteration, which is being performed at this concert.
• Prokofiev played the solo piano part at the 1921 premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 3
  with the Chicago Symphony. At first, the piece was not popular, but the following year, a
  performance in Paris conducted by Serge Koussevitzky received rave reviews,
  cementing the work’s place in the classical canon.
• Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 has been referred to as the “Great G minor symphony,” to
  distinguish it from the “Little G minor symphony,” No. 25. The latter was written in 1773,
  when the composer was only 17; No. 40 was written 15 years later. They are the only
  minor-key symphonies Mozart wrote.