Mac'nClassicalCheese - Oct 18, 2023

Kicking off season 3 with a different take on a repeat theme: Dawn to Dusk. This time, instead of pieces literally written about specific times of day, we have a selection made based on tone and feeling. We'll start with our first ever Swiss composer, Arthur Honegger with a movement from his symphonic tone poem Pastorale Summer for "dawn," then move onto the 2nd movement of Sibelius' 2nd symphony which will take us through morning & afternoon. Mahler's lost andante from his 1st symphony, Blumine, will lead us into early evening followed by a Nocturne for strings by Dvorák for "sunset." Richard Strauss' last song of his Four Last Songs cycle will be our piece for midnight, performed by Jessye Norman, and to close out the day/close out the night we have the beautiful 2nd movement from Mahler's 5th symphony, performed by the Berlin Phil in 2022 with Dudamel conducting.