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Schumann 2: Mar. 4 & 5

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Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 10:30am | Whitney Hall
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Friday, March 5, 2010 | 8pm | Whitney Hall
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Scott Yoo, conductor
Bion Tsang, cello

Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 32

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Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Violoncello No. 1

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Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2

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Local audiences may recall maestro Yoo’s performances with the Louisville Orchestra in 2008. His winning personality and artistic flair sparked the interest of many, and we are delighted to have him back to lead a custom-tailored program to showcase the fabulous musicians of the LO.

At the heart of Yoo’s program is Robert Schumann’s rarely heard Symphony No. 2 which proved to be a cathartic experience for the composer to write. At the time, his wife, Clara, was said to have commented that she often found her husband “bathed in tears” suffering from sleeplessness and mental anguish. In a letter to Mendelssohn, he wrote, “…drums and trumpets in C have been blaring in my head. I have no idea what will come of it.” The opening of his Symphony No. 2 is the answer, and when he finally broke through and began to get his stride back, the Symphony took only three weeks to complete.

At age nineteen, Bion Tsang became the youngest cellist to win a prize in the VIII International Tchaikovsky Competition.
A product of the Juilliard pre-college division, he holds degrees from Harvard and Yale and today enjoys a career at the top of the chamber music echelon in the U.S. He’ll join Yoo and the LO for a presentation of Shostakovich’s concerto written for Rostropovich in its 50th anniversary year!