Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Concert Timings:
December 5, 2024, 8:00pm
December 6, 2024, 8:00pm
December 7, 2024, 8:00pm
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Rodrigo, Fantasy for a Gentleman
Dvorak, Symphony No. 8
Performance includes the world premiere of Prayer, arranged for violin and piano, performed by Lara St. John
Program
Vivian Fung, Prayer (arr. violin and piano) — World premiere
Avner Dorman, Nigunim
James Rolfe, Narrow Bridge — World premeire
Aaron Copland, Vitebsk
Amy Beach, Invocation
Robert Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-flat, Op. 44
Door time: 6:00pm
Show time: 6:30pm
Program:
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Cocnerto No. 2, Op. 18
Edvard Grieg, Suites from Peer Gynt
Door time: 7:00pm
Show time: 7:30pm
Program:
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Cocnerto No. 2, Op. 18
Edvard Grieg, Suites from Peer Gynt
Ludwig Carrasco, director artístico
Alexandra Conunova, violín
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin, op. 35
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
Ludwig Carrasco, director artístico
Alexandra Conunova, violín
Program:
Fung, Prayer
Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin, op. 35
Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra
My residency in New York includes two performances by the Buffalo Philharmonic on April 20th and 21st, performing Prayer, and a few days at SUNY Fredonia! I will be giving a masterclass and lecture at Fredonia, and the Chamber Orchestra will be performing Pizzicato on April 24th!
Prayer will be performed at the Peninsula Music Festival in Ephraim, WI.
More details to come!
Interlochen Philharmonic Week 4 - Carolyn Watson, cond.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade for Orchestra, Op. 33
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Zoltán Kodály, Háry János Suite
Michael Stern is back with another program that stirs the imagination. Vivian Fung is one of the most original voices in the musical firmament today and Prayer reflects her thoughtfulness and superb skill. Fung translates a chant by medieval abbess and visionary Hildegard von Bingen into an ethereal contemplation for our time.
With creative genius that shines across the centuries, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 announced to the world that it was no longer business as usual for symphonic music. Time has not dimmed the freshness and innovative quality of his music and you will want to hear how it’s new all over again.
NRO musicians are superbly talented, and we love to feature them in solo roles. This program will include a concerto showcasing one of our NRO stars in music that is a perfect fit with everything else on the concert.
The first symphony of another creative genius — Dmitri Shostakovich — closes out this program. Composed to fulfill graduation requirements at the Leningrad Conservatory when Shostakovich was only 18 years old, his Symphony No. 1 is no student exercise but rather a confident work that earned him international fame and displayed the exceptional voice that would infuse all of his music. Relish the sharp wit, pungent textures, melancholy reminisces, and agitated melodies that fill this exceptional symphony.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 1
PROGRAMM
Vivian Fung (*1975)
Prayer
Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39
PROGRAMM
Vivian Fung (*1975)
Prayer
Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39
PROGRAMM
Vivian Fung (*1975)
Prayer
Dmitri Schostakowitsch (1906–1975)
Cellokonzert Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 107
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Sinfonie Nr. 1 e-Moll op. 39
Léa Moisan-Perrier, cheffe d’orchestre
Rose Naggar-Tremblay, contralto
Alexandra Odgers Fantaisie hivernale
Ernest Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, op. 19
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphonie no 6 “Pastorale”
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony always invigorates and the famous “Ode to Joy” delivers a powerful message of unity and peace. The program also features thoughtful and reflective pieces by two of today’s celebrated women composers, Canadian Vivian Fung and American Jessie Montgomery.
Conducted by Michael Stern
Program to include:
Montgomery, Hymn for Everyone
Fung, Prayer
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
Internationally acclaimed violist Molly Carr and renowned pianist Anna Petrova perform a powerful program comprised entirely of works by female composers. “HERS” vibrantly celebrates the vision, strength, resilience, and vital contributions of the female sex throughout history. Through music and storytelling, the Carr-Petrova Duo will lead its audience through the inspirations, battles, and incredible accomplishments of eight fearless women – from the 12th century’s Hildegard Von Bingen to today’s Beyoncé – inviting the audience to share in the centuries of heartbreak, struggles, and triumphs that comprise the female experience.
Program
Florence Price, Elfentanz
Clara Schumann, Three Romances for Violin and Piano
Vivian Fung, Prayer
Amy Beach, Romance for Violin and Piano
Beyonce/Henrique Eisenmann, Halo
Andrea Casarrubios, Magnitude
Rebecca Clarke, Sonata for Viola and Piano
Majestic and lyrical while also contemplative and somber, Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor was written as a tribute to Dvořák’s first love, who was gravely ill and passed away while Dvořák was still composing. In her memory, he included the melody of his song Leave Me Alone in My Fond Dream, a particular favorite of hers. This masterwork will feature UMD Associate Professor Eric Kutz on cello.
Prayer, by Canadian composer Vivian Fung, was first recorded as a video by the CBC Virtual Orchestra, comprising members of 28 Canadian orchestras and led by Yannick Nezet-Seguin during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Fung wrote: “Prayer is, in essence, an aberration, for under no other circumstance in the past (or probably in the future) have I worn my heart on my sleeve as transparently as I have with this piece.”
November 17 2022, 7.30pm
Still Darker America
Fung Prayer
Higdon Blue Cathedral
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Peterson Shadows and Light
MSM Faculty Recital: Molly Carr, viola and Anna Petrova (BM ’09, MM ’11, DMA ’17), piano
FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP TO THE RIVER. The works comprising this concert pay tribute to our collective sentiment through onerous times. Vivian Fung’s Prayer is a deeply personal commentary on the extraordinary conditions she faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., From the Mountaintop was written for Anthony McGill, principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and is filled with vivid sadness, happiness, prayerfulness, joy and the struggles and pain felt during the Civil Rights Movement. Schumann celebrates the Rhineland in his Symphony No. 3.
Sarah Ioannides, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Classics V
Vivian Fung: Prayer
Richard Danielpour: From the Mountaintop
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
Marking two years since the stage first went dark in response to COVID-19, the TSO presents live performances of works that were shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic, including Aaron Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring, which culminates in a stirring rhapsody on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow shines in Beethoven’s graceful Violin Romance No. 2. Led by conductor Ryan Bancroft in his TSO début, this restorative program also features Mozart’s well known Symphony No. 29 and Vivian Fung’s heartfelt Prayer (a CBC Music commission for orchestral musicians across the country).
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201
Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission in Collaboration with the TSO)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Jonathan Crow, violin
Marking two years since the stage first went dark in response to COVID-19, the TSO presents live performances of works that were shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic, including Aaron Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring, which culminates in a stirring rhapsody on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow shines in Beethoven’s graceful Violin Romance No. 2. Led by conductor Ryan Bancroft in his TSO début, this restorative program also features Mozart’s well known Symphony No. 29 and Vivian Fung’s heartfelt Prayer (a CBC Music commission for orchestral musicians across the country).
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201
Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission in Collaboration with the TSO)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Jonathan Crow, violin
Marking two years since the stage first went dark in response to COVID-19, the TSO presents live performances of works that were shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic, including Aaron Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring, which culminates in a stirring rhapsody on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow shines in Beethoven’s graceful Violin Romance No. 2. Led by conductor Ryan Bancroft in his TSO début, this restorative program also features Mozart’s well known Symphony No. 29 and Vivian Fung’s heartfelt Prayer (a CBC Music commission for orchestral musicians across the country).
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201
Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission in Collaboration with the TSO)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Jonathan Crow, violin
Marking two years since the stage first went dark in response to COVID-19, the TSO presents live performances of works that were shared digitally with our audiences during the early days of the pandemic, including Aaron Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring, which culminates in a stirring rhapsody on the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”. TSO Concertmaster Jonathan Crow shines in Beethoven’s graceful Violin Romance No. 2. Led by conductor Ryan Bancroft in his TSO début, this restorative program also features Mozart’s well known Symphony No. 29 and Vivian Fung’s heartfelt Prayer (a CBC Music commission for orchestral musicians across the country).
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Beethoven: Violin Romance No. 2
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201
Vivian Fung: Prayer (CBC Music Commission in Collaboration with the TSO)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Jonathan Crow, violin
Conductor David Neely maintains a busy career in concert and opera alongside an active teaching schedule. Music director and principal conductor of Des Moines Metro Opera since 2012, he has elevated the company’s musical profile with acclaimed performances of a broad range of repertoire, including Turandot, Falstaff, Elektra, Peter Grimes, Dead Man Walking, Macbeth, Don Giovanni, La fanciulla del West, Rusalka, Flight, Candide, and Wozzeck. He has garnered critical acclaim for his work in such publications as the Chicago Tribune, Opera News, and Opera Today.
Program includes Prayer with Robert Pound conducting
