Boston Symphony Orchestra Concert Programs, Season 121, 2001-2002
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS Sunday, October 28, 2001, at 3 p.m. at Jordan Hall BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS Malcolm Lowe, violin William R. Hudgins, clarinet Steven Ansell, viola Richard Svoboda, bassoon Jules Eskin, cello James Sommerville, horn Edwin Barker, double bass Charles Schlueter, trumpet Jacques Zoon, flute Ronald Barron, trombone John Ferrillo, oboe Everett Firth, percussion with Elizabeth Ostling, flute Cathy Basrak, viola Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Stephen Drury, piano Haldan Martinson, violin Ludovic Morlot, conductor BRITTEN Sinfonietta, Opus 1 Poco presto e agitato Variations. Andante lento — Tarantella. Presto vivace Ms. OSTLING, Messrs. FERRILLO, HUDGINS, SVOBODA, and SOMMERVILLE; Messrs. LOWE, MARTINSON, ANSELL, ESKIN, and BARKER WYNER Serenade for seven instruments (1958) Nocturne I Toccata Capriccio; Aria Nocturne II Messrs. ANSELL and ESKIN, Ms. OSTLING, Messrs. SOMMERVILLE, ROLFS, BARRON, and DRURY LUDOVIC MORLOT, conductor INTERMISSION MOZART Quintet in C for two violins, two violas, and cello, K.515 Allegro Menuetto. Allegretto; Trio Andante Allegro Messrs. LOWE, MARTINSON, and ANSELL, Ms. BASRAK, Mr. ESKIN Baldwin piano Nonesuch, DG, Philips, RCA, and New World records Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Sinfonietta for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and string quintet, Opus 1 Today we think of Britten primarily as a composer of vocal music—of operas, choral works, church parables, canticles, folk song arrangements, the War Requiem, and so on. Even works with "instrumental" titles, like the Spring Symphony, are in fact primarily vocal compositions, however brilliant and colorful the instrumental part. But eighteen of Britten's first twenty-five large works are for instruments alone, and they were gener- ally bigger and more noticeable pieces than the vocal works of the time.
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