Coffee Classics Series
Thank you to Brown-Forman and Theresa and John T. Bondurant for their generous additional sponsorship of the Franck & Bernstein Coffee Classics Concert.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
10:30 AM - Whitney Hall
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Hilliard Lyons Classics Series
Thank you to Brown-Forman for their generous additional sponsorship of the Franck & Bernstein Hilliard Lyons Classics Concert.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
8:00 PM - Whitney Hall
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Catherine Comet, Conductor
Robert
McDuffie, violin
César Franck Symphony in D Minor
Leonard Bernstein Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)
Leonard Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra
The three pieces on today’s concert are monuments. César Franck’s only symphony has been described as a “cathedral in sound.” Constructed from the smallest building block of three pitches, it achieves the towering heights of late nineteenth century French symphonic music. The two pieces by Leonard Bernstein are also monuments. The Serenade pays tribute to love as described by the Greek philosopher Plato and to a couple dear to Bernstein and to classical music. Bernstein’s Divertimento is a monument that honors the Boston Symphony Orchestra at their centennial celebration, which occurred in 1980. To read the full program notes click here.
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