Friday, January 14, 2011 - 8:00 p.m.
Eckart Preu, conductor
Dawn Wolski, soprano
Mateusz Wolski, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 1
Henri Duparc Aux Etoiles
Antonin Dvorak Romance for Violin and Orchestra
Gustav Mahier Symphony No. 4
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony embraces us in warmth and lyricism in a consciously more innocent style than his other symphonies. Mahler leads us through the wonders of nature, myth and childlike imagination, culminating in a dream of paradise.
The Leonore Overture tells the story of Beethoven’s entire opera Fidelio in miniature. In that opera a wife's courage and love save her husband from death. You'll hear not a play within a play, but rather an opera within this thrilling overture.