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Dear Friends and Patrons,
The BAS 2009-2010 season is rich, varied, and ambitious. We
offer one of Mahler’s most cherished symphonies, a fun and frolicsome spoof of Italian comic opera in a New Jersey premiere, a heart-pounding depiction of human sacrifice in the Yucatan, and a double
concerto featuring BAS Concert Master Ruotao Mao and Principal ellist Jie Jin. Our featured soloist for the Mahler 4th and Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 is one of the most expressive
sopranos on the scene, Ah Young Hong (BAS’s Gilda in Rigoletto in 2006), and our season opens with the internationally renowned Poulenc Trio. Along the way, you will be treated to audience
favorites such as Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Rossini’s Barber of Seville Overture, as well as Bizet and Brahms. You don’t have to travel to
Italy, France, Mexico, Tennessee, or Vienna—we’ll take you there. But even with a classic like Appalachian Spring, at BAS we always have a fresh approach. Our performance of
this ballet will be
newly choreographed by Joshua Bisset for these premieres. So join us for an unforgettable season!
Night at the Opera - November 2009 Our 2009-10 opener is full of high spirits, soaring melody,
and drama, as we plunge into symphonic works that embody the spirit of Italian Opera. Mendelssohn’s brilliantly-hued, infectious, and sunny masterpiece is paired
with the second
performance ever of Panariello’s homage to comic opera. The work, commissioned by our soloists—the brilliant Poulenc Trio—deftly recalls the wit, humor, and long-lined melody of
the genre. One of Rossini’s most characteristic overtures leads us into this world with humor and bite. Join us for this flavorful, cheerful program!
Rediscovering
America - January 2010 We continue our intimate and unusual formats for our January
program that have become extraordinarily popular with our audiences. The Bay-Atlantic Symphony Brass Quintet connects us with sounds familiar to Americans
from across the
generations. Then, we re-discover Aaron Copland’s touchstone work, Appalachian Spring, in a brand new conception for dance. The piece was originally written without
storyline as a ballet for Martha Graham. We return to Copland’s original, more abstract conception as a starting point and share brand new possibilities of interpreting the work
with a world premiere dance performance to this American classic. Disguised as a Child - March 2010 “Disguised as a Child” is BAS’s most
ambitious program for the season, despite the deceptive title. All the pieces spring from a childhood innocence, and yet are some of the richest works in the repertoire. Barber’s
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 is based upon James Agee’s prologue to his great novel A Death in the Family. Knoxville calls forth, in the most simple and evocative
way, the state of consciousness that Agee so gently and powerfully conveys. Mahler’s Fourth Symphony presents a clarity of expression that is nonetheless bursting with emotion
and
more beautiful themes than perhaps any other of his symphonies. Bizet leads us back to this world of
seeming simplicity through his affectionate, perfect sketches of scenes we’d
almost forgotten. Each piece is breathtaking.
Retro & Barbaric - April 2010 Faure’s Masques et Bergamasques is a sensually
luminous and charmingly retrospective piece. Juxtaposed is a fierce contrast: Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas’s primitive, obsessive depiction of Mayan sacrifice—explosive,
yet
filled with entrancing music in every bar. After intermission, BAS proudly presents Concert Master Ruotao
Mao and Principal Cellist Jie Jin as brilliant soloists in a work that
somehow synthesizes the nostalgia and charm
of the retro with power and urgency in Brahms’ timeless homage to baroque form.
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BAS
09-10
Subscription
Schedule
&
Description
November
6,
Rowan
University
– 8
pm
November
7,
Cumberland
County
College
- 8pm
November
8,
Richard
Stockton
College-
2pm
"Night
at
the
Opera"
Overture
to
The
Barber
of
Seville……………...Gioacchino
Rossini
Triple
Concerto
(Homage
to
Opera
Buffa)…….Gaetano
Panariello
Poulenc
Trio:
Irina
Lande,
piano
Vladimir
Lande,
oboe
Bryan
Young,
bassoon
Symphony
No.
4,
Op.
90, A
major,
Italian…….Felix
Mendelssohn
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January
23,
Cumberland
County
College
– 8pm
January
24,
Richard
Stockton
College-
2pm
January
29,
Rowan
University
– 8pm
"Rediscovering
America"
Selections
from
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BAS
Brass
Quintet
Western Fanfare Eric Ewazen
American Brass Band Journal - G.W.E. Friederich
1. Hail Columbia
2. The Prima Donna Waltz
3. Lily Bell Quick-step / The Chevy Chase / Eubie Blake
4 Songs - Charles Ives
3 Piano Preludes - George Gershwin
Prelude I - Allegro ben Ritmico
Prelude II - Blue Lullaby
Prelude III - Spanish Prelude
Little Brown Jug - Duke Ellington
Selections from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein
Washington Post March - John Phillip Sousa
Amazing Grace - arr. Luther Henderson
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Appalachian
Spring………………………………...Aaron
Copland
(Complete
Ballet,
original
version)
Newly choreographed by Joshua Bisset
Joshua Bisset
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March
5,
Rowan
University
– 8pm
March
6,
Cumberland
County
College
– 8pm
March
7,
Richard
Stockton
College
– 2pm
"Disguised
as a
Child"
Jeux
d’enfants………………………………………..Georges
Bizet
Knoxville:
Summer
of
1915,
op.
24……………...….Samuel
Barber
Ah Young Hong, soprano
Symphony
No.
4, G
major………………………….Gustav
Mahler
Ah
Young
Hong,
soprano
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April
24,
Rowan
University
– 8pm
May
1,
Cumberland
County
College
– 8pm
May
2,
Richard
Stockton
College
– 2pm
"Retro & Barbaric"
Masques et Bergamasques……………………………Gabriel
Fauré
Night
of
the
Mayas
(chamber
orchestra
version)……..Silvestre
Revueltas
Concerto
for
Violin
&
Cello,
Op.
102,
A
Minor…Johannes
Brahms
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For
tickets
call:
Rowan
University
(856)
256-4545
Richard
Stockton
College
of NJ
(609)
652-9000
Cumberland
County
College
(856)
692-8499 |
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