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Vivaldi's Gloria

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Vivaldi’s Gloria

April 12-14, 2024

Vivaldi's Gloria

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, Music Director

VIVALDI'S GLORIA

Friday, April 12, 2024 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 13, 2024 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2024 / 3:00 p.m.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

JACOMO BAIROS, conductor
HARTFORD CHORALE
JACK ANTHONY POTT, Music Director
LEONID SIGAL, violin
SUZANNE LIS, soprano
SCHAUNTICE SHEPARD, soprano
HANNAH SHEA, mezzo-soprano
DOMINICK CHENES, tenor

WILLIAM GRANT STILL (1895-1978)		Spirituals: A Medley I. Get on Board, Orchestra solo II. The Blind Man, with soloist III. Medley: 1. We are climbing Jacobs Ladder. 2. Little David, Play on your own, with soloist IV. Were you there, with soloist V. Deep River, with soloist VI. Finale: The Old Ark’s a hovering & Sinner, please don't let this harvest past, Orchestra solo Schauntice Shephard, soprano
ÉDOUARD LALO (1823-1892)		*Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21* I. Allegro non troppo II. Scherzando: Allegro Molto III. Intermezzo: Allegretto non troppo IV. Andante V. Rondo Leonid Sigal, violin
*∼ INTERMISSION∼*
ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)		Gloria, RV 589 Suzanne Lis, soprano Hannah Shea, mezzo soprano
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)		“Make our Garden Grow” from Candide Suzanne Lis, soprano Dominick Chenes, tenor

The 2023-2024 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2023-2024 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by

The Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation

The post of Music Director is endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

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The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council,
the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.