August 2010 Symphony Season - Program 3
Saturday, August 7, 2010 - Northern Lights
Victor Yampolsky, conductor
Arvo Pårt: Fratres
Tobias Brostrøm: Percussion Concerto, “Arena”
Lisa Pegher, percussion
Sibelius: Symphony No.2, Op. 43, D major
It has become a Peninsula Music Festival tradition to have a program featuring music of Scandanavia celebrating the many connections with nordic music over the festival's history under the title Northern Lights.
The program begins with a remarkable piece for strings by the Estonian composer, Arvo Pårt, Fratres, receiving its first performance at the festival. Percussionist Lisa Pegher performs the Percussion Concerto, Arena, by a young (age 26) composer from Stockholm, Tobias Brostrøm, composed for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and receiving its first festival performance. The program concludes with the remarkable Symphony #2 by Jean Sibelius, last heard here in 2004. This symphony is an amazing leap in the development of Sibelius and will showcase the many talents of the PMF Orchestra.
Program notes for this concert...
Hear Music Director Victor Yampolsky and Associate Conductor Stephen Alltop discuss this program and some historical aspects by clicking here.
This concert is sponsored by June and Jerome Maeder
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