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The Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra
WOOMYUNG CHOE, conductor
Celebrating Mendelssohn's 201st Birthday
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010 at 8 p.m.
South Junior High School
Newburgh, NY
Snow date Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Woomyung Choe and the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrate the truly beautiful music of Felix Mendelssohn on his 201st birthday with three of his finest works on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in the South Junior High School Auditorium, 33 Monument Street, Newburgh, NY. The stunningly talented guest violinist Sunyoung Lee will perform one of the greatest violin concertos of all time--the Concerto for Violin in E minor. [The snow date is Saturday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m.]
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), a transitional figure between the Classical and Romantic periods of music, was phenomenally gifted from childhood. His magical concert overture to A Midsummer's Night Dream vaulted the 17-year-old to the forefront of German composers. It was regarded as one of the most astonishingly assured and polished pieces of orchestral music ever written by such a young composer. A few years before his death, he wrote the incidental music (Opus 61) for a production of the play incorporating the existing "Overture" (Opus 21). The "Wedding March" from this work has become a traditional part of marriage ceremonies, earning Mendelssohn a permanent place in popular culture. Music from A Midsummer's Night Dream begins the evening.
Guest soloist Sunyoung Lee will play Concerto for Violin in E minor, Opus 64, a departure from Beethoven's classical form and considered to be the first great violin concerto of the Romantic period. Mendelssohn's last orchestral work, the concerto is a powerhouse finale to a career burdened by the promise of spectacular early accomplishment. Sunyoung Lee, having begun her violin studies at seven, has performed solo recitals and in chamber music concerts in the Tri-State area, Europe and Asia. They include Carnegie Hall, Seiji Ozawa Hall, Howland Cultural Center, Lillan Fuch's Memorial Chamber Music Concert and the Korean Cultural Center Chamber Music Concert. She played at Tanglewood
Music Festival in 2004, where she served as a concertmaster under maestro Kurt Mazur. Recently, she appeared as a soloist for the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra in New York and the Eroica Ensemble in Memphis, Tennessee. She made her first appearance with GNSO as guest concertmaster two seasons ago.
After intermission, GNSO's finale is Symphony No. 5 in D major/D minor, Opus 107, called the "Reformation" Symphony. It was composed in 1832 in honor of the 300th anniversary of Martin Luther’s Augsburg Confession, establishing the founding doctrines of Lutheranism, and a momentous document of the Protestant Reformation. The symphony, for a full orchestra, was the first extended symphony that Mendelssohn had written. It was not published until 1868, years after the composer's untimely death at 38. Although the symphony is not very frequently performed, it is better known today than it was during Mendelssohn's lifetime.
The Shacklett Preview at 7:00 p.m. is a pre-concert introduction to the evening’s music by Gordon Shacklett. Ticket prices are $25 for reserved seating, $20 for general admission, $15 for seniors, $10 for students, and children under 7 are admitted free of charge. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved. (845) 913-7157 or www.newburghsymphony.org.
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