Legends Old and New

Stern Auditorium | Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall

MENDELSSOHN Fair Melusina Overture
CYNTHIA WONG Memoriam (Project 440 World Premiere)
HAYDN Symphony No. 73, “La Chasse”
BRAHMS Concerto for Violin in D Major

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We ring in the 39th season with legendary music and musicians. Based on a medieval fable, Mendelssohn’s Fair Melusina captures the beauty of a mermaid who poses as a human six days a week—and the trouble that unfolds when her husband’s curiosity gets the best of him. Young composer Cynthia Wong, the first of four rising composers commissioned through Project 440, is already a master of bewitching textures and soul-baring melodies. Her new work promises to be a future classic. Haydn’s Symphony No. 73, “La Chasse,” gallops to an unforgettable finish with a hunt-inspired finale. The program culminates with Orpheus’ first performance of Brahms’ monumental Violin Concerto, reuniting the orchestra with one of its favorite partners, violin superstar Gil Shaham. With the combination of Orpheus, Shaham, and Brahms, this performance is a legend in the making.

ORPHEUS ON TOUR

October 12, 2011 at 8 PM Easton, PA
October 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM Storrs, CT