Austin Symphony Orchestra

Event Guide

Program

113th Concert Season l 2023–24
Peter Bay, Music Director

Friday, November 17, 2023 / 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 18, 2023 / 8 p.m.

Michael & Susan Dell Hall

Mary Elizabeth Bowden, trumpet
Peter Bay, conductor

Beethoven y Amigos

JULIAN ORBÓN		*Tres versiones sinfónicas* I. Pavana (Luis de Milan) II. Organum – Conductus (Perotinus) III. Xylophone (Congo)
REENA ESMAIL		*Rosa de Sal*
CLARICE ASSAD		*Bohemian Queen*

INTERMISSION

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, Pastorale
I. Allegro ma non troppo (“Joyful Feelings Upon Arriving in the Country”)
II. Andante molto mosso (“By the Brook”)
III. Allegro (“Peasant Merrymaking”)
IV. Allegro (“The Thunderstorm”)
V. Allegretto (“The Shepherd’s Song After the
Storm”)

Concert Sponsor / Sarah & Ernest Butler Family Fund •
Fibiger Family Fund/John Fibiger & Andrea Horner Semels

Guest Artist Sponsor / Dr. JoAnn Hunter Johnson and Dr. Kenneth A Johnson •
Doug and Julie Ann Hartman

Concert Dedication / This concert is dedicated to the family of Sam Herrera
and the Austin High School Orchestra Program

Artist Biographies

Peter Bay

Music Director / Conductor

Mary Elizabeth Bowden

trumpet

Program Notes

Julián Orbón 1925-1991

Tres Versiones Sinfónicas (Three Symphonic Versions)

Reena Esmail b. 1983

Rosa de Sal for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra

Clarice Assad b. 1978

Bohemian Queen – Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven “Pastorale” 1770-1827

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68