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Music Direction and Conducted by Timothy Smith
May 14, 2017
The bookend to Set #1 - this concert features Mendelssohn's "Reformation Symphony", to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, and pairs this with the world premiere of bay area composer Noah Luna's new work "A Mighty Fortress" based on the same Luther Hymn that Mendelssohn used. A suite of music from William Walton's film score to Richard III is a microcosm of the Then and Now theme, as is Richard Rodney Bennett's Reflections on a 16th Century Tune.
Running Time: approx. 2 hours, with one intermission
A Mighty Fortress, based on the Luther Hymn "Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott" -- Noah Luna
Commissioned in celebration of Maestro Smith's 10th Season with CCCO
Premiere Performance
Reflections on a 16th Century Tune, for wind dectet -- Richard Rodney Bennett
Prelude: Lento
Variation I: Allegretto-Con noto-Come prima
Variation II: Allegro vivo - Non troppo allegro - Poco a poco rilassandro
Variation III: Homage to Peter Warkock, Andante-Poshissimo piu mosso
Variation IV: Con brio e ritmico - Sempre piu animato - Molto vivo e ritmico
Finale: Tranquillo - sempre piu moderato - Sostenuto
In celebration of the composer's 80th birthday
Ocean Beach, SF: The Fog, the Surf, the Birds, the San Franciscans, the Fog -- Nancy Bachmann
Suite from the film score to Richard III - William Walton/arr. Muir Mathieson
In commemoration of Shakespeare400
Ecstatic Fanfare -- Stephen Bryant
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107, "Reformation" -- Felix Mendelssohn
Andante - Allegro con fuoco
Allegro vivace
Andante
Choral: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott; Andante con moto - Allegro Maestoso
Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Reprised from the 2009-2010 CCCO Season