The City of Angels Welcomes Moscow's Finest - RSO @ UCLA

orchestra recorded in Moscow in April 2017. Also on the program are works by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, which are a testament to RSO’s Russian lineage, and Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht, a tribute to the composer for whom UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is named.
PROGRAM:
Lyric Andante
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Zachor
David Lefkowitz (b.1964)
Chamber Symphony (String Quartet No. 8, op. 110, arranged by R. Barschai)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Largo
Allegro Molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
Contrapunctus No. 1 from The Art of Fugue
J.S. Bach
Kaddish for violin and orchestra
Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)
Evgeny Pravilov, violin
Guest artist: Marcia Dickstein, harp
Talking to Aphrodite for Soprano, Solo Horn and Chamber Orchestra (2016), on poems by Erica Jong
Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)
I. Adagio – Animando
II. Molto Moderato
III. Agitated, presto (ben misurato)
IV. Solemn, with simple flowing motion
V. Playfully (in the manner of a tango)
VI. Graceful, simply flowing
Sarah Shafer, soprano, Amy Sanchez, French horn
Melodrama (from Snow Maiden, Op. 29)
P.I. Tchaikovsky (1849-1893)
Scherzo, Op. 42/2 (arr. M. Rachlevsky)
P.I. Tchaikovsky (1849-1893)
Verklaerte Nacht
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible. We are proud to celebrate this program as part of the 2018-2019 Dobrow Series.