Sounds of Summer – Program 4 – TAMAS and FAMILY

 

Sounds of Summer – Program 4

TAMAS and FAMILY

Monday, August 9, 7:00 PM

Margeson Theater (located in the Lowndes Shakespeare Center)

 

Featuring: Tamas Kocsis & Alexander Stevens, violins • William Goodwin, viola •

Grace Bahng, cello • Mark Fischer, horn

 

 

String Quartet Opus 3, No. 5 in F Major, "Serenade"                 Franz Joseph Haydn
Presto
Andante Cantabile
Menuetto
Scherzando

 Horn Quintet in E flat, K. 407                                                               Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Allegro

Andante

Allegro

  
String Quartet No. 12 in F Major Opus 96 "American"                     Antonin Dvorak                                  Allegro ma non troppo
Lento
Molto Vivace
Vivace ma non troppo

 

 

Philharmonic Concertmaster Sir Tamas Kocsis returns from Ireland for a final performance with the orchestra at the fourth concert in the 2010 Sounds of Summer Series. This may be Kocsis' final performance with the orchestra. This past April, Kocsis accepted the position of Concertmaster of the Ulster Orchestra in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and beginning in August  he is taking a one year  leave of absence from the Orlando Philharmonic, which may become permanent.

 

Insights from Dave Glerum, program annotator

“In music history, almost every composer has written at least one piece that makes an immediate entrance into the popular heart. Foremost among Haydn’s most beloved works is the famous ‘Serenade’ from the Op. 3, No. 5, a sublime extended song for muted violin set against pizzicato chord tones provided by the accompanying instruments.

“Mozart’s Horn Quintet was written for the unusual combination of horn, violin, two violas, and cello: in effect a string quintet with the first violin displaced by the horn soloist. Equal parts serenade, concerto for horn, and chamber music, Mozart’s Horn Quintet is a modest yet charming and entertaining work.

 

“Only removed by a half dozen years from the 100th anniversary of Dvorak’s death, it is good to step back and appreciate the enormous contributions this extraordinary composer made to the repertory and to respect his legacy as one of music’s most gifted, natural, and prolific geniuses. The ‘American’ Quartet received its premiere performance in Boston by the Kneisel Quartet on January 1, 1894. It has since gained a cherished place in the quartet repertory and along with the ‘New World’ Symphony (and perhaps some of the Slavonic Dances) is one of the composer’s most popular and recognizable works.”