Auburn Symphony: A Grand Tour of Europe
$10-$34
Antonio Vivaldi — Bassoon Concerto in A minor, RV 498
Edward Elgar — Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra Op. 62
Georges Bizet — L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Georges Bizet — L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Mona Butler, bassoon
Mozart – Symphony No. 29
Vivaldi – Bassoon Concerto in A minor
Elgar – Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra
Bizet – L'Arlésienne suites No. 1 & 2
The program opens with Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, a work influenced by the adolescent genius’ second journey with his father to Italy. Vivaldi composed his Concerto for Bassoon in A minor around 1734. ASO principal bassoon Mona Butler will solo in this work as well as in Elgar’s Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, a beautifully written and sensitive piece that is classically British in style.
Bizet’s L'Arlésienne suites are concert-hall favorites – energetic works taken from the incidental music the composer wrote for an Alfred Daudet play. The music is “an introduction to Bizet’s genius for color and melody, and a sample of his sense of atmosphere and theatrical flair.”