Oriol Sans, conductor

Pre-concert lecture in the lower lobby at 7:15 PM

Old legends, nature, and poetry combine with masterful music in three remarkable orchestral works to be performed by the University Philharmonia Orchestra. The breathtaking image of Scottish landscapes and an eventful visit to Fingal’s oceanic cave inspired young Mendelssohn to write the Hebrides Overture, his most famously haunting orchestral piece often considered a predecessor of a tone poem. Two great examples of that same genre will complete the program: Webern’s Im Sommerwind (In the Summer Wind), a very suggestive and beautiful early work that the composer himself never heard, and The Golden Spinning Wheel, Dvořák’s prominent tone poem and one of his last and most mature orchestral compositions.

PROGRAM: Mendelssohn- Hebrides; Webern- Im Sommerwind; Dvořák- The Golden Spinning Wheel