Sammamish Symphony: Humor – Mankind's Greatest Gift

• Stacey Mastrian, soprano

Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 94 in G major H. 1:94 "Surprise"
Gioachino Rossini — Overture to Il Signore Bruschino
Peter Schickele — Quodlibet For Small Orchestra
Various — Selected works (for soprano & orchestra, TBA)

The Sammamish Symphony takes a delightful look at musical humor as exemplified by some major creative figures. Joseph Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony (No. 94) is a longtime audience favorite due to its famous rude awakening to those who nodded off during his slow movements.

Gioachino Rossini, whose operatic output contains some of the medium's funniest scores and librettos, is represented by the overture to Il Signor Bruschino, which contains some unexpected percussive effects from the orchestra's string section.

Peter Schickele, the mastermind behind the works of P. D. Q. Bach, is the party responsible for Quodlibet, a melange of themes gleefully stolen from everything from Beethoven symphonies to Tea for Two.

Our special guest artist, soprano Stacey Mastrian, will present a bouquet of humorous songs spanning several centuries, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure.  

If tickets are sold out online or sales have ended, we will have tickets available at the door. Please join us!

About Sammamish Symphony Orchestra

http://www.sammamishsymphony.org

About Stacey Mastrian, soprano

Stacey Mastrian, a "manifestly courageous" (Boston Globe) and "versatile and passionate" (Der Tagesspiegel) Italian-American soprano, has sung at the Konzerthaus (Berlin), Kennedy Center (DC), Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur (Montréal), Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center (NY), St. Peter's (Vatican City), Teatro La Fenice (Venice), and in Mexico and more than half of the U.S. states. Dr. Mastrian performs music from Hildegard von Bingen to the present, specializing in Italian vocal music, and she teaches voice, diction, and anatomy. She has been a Fulbright grantee to Italy and appears on the NAXOS, Neuma, and Stradivarius labels.

https://www.staceymastrian.com/