Toledo Symphony

Description:

Guest conductor Giordano Bellincampi leads the Toledo Symphony in classical and neo-classical works by great Austrian masters Strauss, Mozart, and Schubert.

Between February 1784 and March 1786, Mozart wrote eleven of the most popular piano concerti in the literature.  The twenty-third stands out for a number of reasons, most notably its slow movement, written in the key of F-sharp minor.  Of all of Mozart’s many thousands of movements, this is the only one he ever wrote in this key.  Israeli pianist Shai Wosner makes his Toledo debut with this exquisite work.  The concert concludes with Schubert’s Fifth Symphony, a work brimming with Mozartean elegance, as well as some magnificent woodwind writing.  The young composer, only nineteen years of age, had already composed 484 (yes, four hundred and eighty four!) works before this symphony, and thoroughly assimilated the lessons of his Viennese contemporaries while creating a charming and fully developed voice of his own.

Points of Interest:

• Mr. Bellincampi appeared with the TSO in a concert of Berlioz’s Te Deum, a massive work for double chorus, organ, and orchestra.  As the first piece on the program, the Danish conductor chose a delicate Mozart symphony that he led with exquisite grace and elegance.  The musicians of the TSO were exceptionally impressed with his ability to direct Mozart, and look forward to his appearance on this series, as well as his work with the larger orchestra on our seventh Classics concert.
• Richard Strauss was only seventeen or eighteen years old when he completed the Serenade for Winds.  He had originally submitted earlier works to the renowned conductor Hans von Bülow, who had dismissed the teenager as a ‘dime-a-dozen’ talent.  However, this work grabbed the conductor’s attention, and began a long relationship that helped to launch Strauss on his professional career.

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Program:

Strauss                  Serenade for Winds in E-Flat Major Op. 7    10’

Mozart                    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major    27’    
                                    Allegro
                                    Adagio
                                    Allegro assai

Intermission

Schubert               Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major    27’
                                    Allegro
                                    Andante con moto
                                    Menuetto: Allegro molto
                                    Allegro vivace

WGTE - FM 91 broadcasts the Toledo Symphony on FM 91 In Concert. Tonight's concert will be broadcast Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. through the generosity of the Edwart H. Schmidt Musical Arts Fund.