Why You'll Love This Concert
Each year, audiences at the Redlands Symphony have the opportunity to be the first to hear one of tomorrow’s great musicians when the winner of the annual Concerto Competition takes center stage with the orchestra.
Special Artists
Program Preview
Felix Mendelssohn
Orchestration
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani, strings
Notes
Just hours before visiting Fingal’s Cave, he wrote to his sister Fanny, “In order to have you understand how extraordinarily the Hebrides affected me, the following came to my mind there…” He then quotes the theme that would become the opening of the overture.
Read MoreAram Khachaturian
Orchestration
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, strings
Notes
Like so much of Khachaturian’s music, this work was conceived from the ground up as a crowd-pleasing showpiece. It is a classic virtuoso competition between soloist and orchestra, standing in the footsteps of Liszt and Rachmaninoff, and each element shows skilled craftsmanship as it plays its role in achieving this goal.
Read MoreLudwig van Beethoven
Orchestration
piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings
Notes
The fifth symphony is remarkable in that the compelling energy of the entire first movement is derived from only a short opening motive of four notes. Literally every element is derived from this motive. Even the “contrasting” second subject is built upon the melodic outlines of the first bars and is accompanied by the motive itself.
Read MoreWhat a great evening. I didn’t want the music to stop. What a thrill to be part of it... My personal thanks to you for your marvelous insight into the music and the composers. Thanks so much for enriching my life each month.
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Directions to Redlands
Redlands is conveniently located less than 30 minutes from Riverside, Loma Linda, Yucaipa, Highland, and Beaumont. From Hemet, it’s just a short jaunt north on CA-79 and West on I-10. It is easily accessible from Los Angeles 60 miles east along Hwy 10. And from San Diego, it’s a beautiful, 2-hour drive north along I-15 and I-215.
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Concert Info
Redlands Symphony 02/22/14 at 08:00pm
Memorial Chapel 1200 E. Colton Ave.Redlands, CA 92373 Get Directions