We call this concert “Music For The Birds”, but a more apt title might be “Music Inspired By Our Feathered Friends”. Italian composer and musicologist Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936) wrote several scholarly treatises on Baroque music and composers. His editions of the works of… Read More »CONDUCTOR’S NOTES – October 2, 2016 “Music for the Birds”
Spread the word! We have an opening for Principal Horn, and the runner-up will be offered the Third Horn position. Auditions will take place on Tuesday, September 6, and you can call to schedule your audition appointment beginning in August. AUDITION DATE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6… Read More »Principal Horn Audition – Tues., Sept. 6
We are pleased to have Kathy Pyeatt for our Symphony Sundays season finale, “Bigger Is Better.” She will guest perform in Richard Strauss’s “Four Last Songs.” A nationally acclaimed soprano, Pyeatt has recently sung the title role in Tosca with the Asheville Lyric Opera, Bryan… Read More »Nationally Acclaimed Soprano Kathy Pyeatt to Guest Perform in “Bigger Is Better”
To close our “Symphony Sundays” season, we’ve chosen works that epitomize the Romantic Era, using a large orchestra and grand themes that were once described as erotic, decadent, immoral, and lascivious. Richard Wagner (1813 – 1893) had an overwhelming impact on music that is still… Read More »Conductor’s Notes, May 1, 2016, “Bigger Is Better”
Throughout history composers have stood on the shoulders of the generations of composers who preceded them, learning, copying, and being inspired. Many have been quite open in their admiration, as was Tchaikovsky with Mozart. We are pairing these two masters for you in four compositions.… Read More »Conductor’s Notes, March 20, 2016, “Peter and the Wolfgang”
Good afternoon and welcome to the first concert of 2016 by Festival City Symphony. Today we will perform three works: one well known; one universally admired; and one, though by a famous composer, a Milwaukee premiere. Our program begins with a piece that became part… Read More »CONDUCTOR’S NOTES February 28, 2016 “FINNISH WITH SWEDISH & ILANA”
Good afternoon and welcome to the first Symphony Sundays program for the 2015 – 16 season. We’ve chosen to begin with music focused on our country, two works by Americans and one inspired by a visit here. Charles Ives (1874 – 1954) is often considered… Read More »CONDUCTOR’S NOTES September 13, 2015 “American Celebration”