Season Finale:  Voice of the Romantic

May 5 & 6, 2012

Camille Saint-Saëns  •  La Muse et le Poète, Jacob Klock, violin

Frideric Chopin  •  Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, op. 22, Angelina Gadeliya, piano

Robert Schumann  •   Symphony No. 2 in C Major, op. 61

Pre-concert Lecture by Herbert Beattie, Saturday, 6:15 PM, Sunday, 1:45 PM

Inspired by the American and French revolutions and starting with Beethoven, the Romantic Era is the defining age of orchestral music.  Chopin and Schumann, both brilliant pianists, embodied the new spirit of human expression, while Saint-Saëns carried the Romantic torch into the twentieth century with his Muse and Poet.  Schumann’s inspiring Second Symphony brings our 28^th season to a close in pure joy

Season Finale Voice of the Romantic Program Notes

Angelina Gadeliya

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