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Beethoven by the Rivers
Friday, April 14, 2023 - Sunday, April 16, 2023
Program

Masterworks Series

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director

 

BEETHOVEN BY THE RIVERS
Friday, April 14, 2023 / 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 15, 2023 / 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 16, 2023 / 3:00 p.m.
Belding Theater, The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
JIE CHEN, piano

BEDŘICH SMETANA
(1824-1884)

  

“Vltava” (“The Moldau”) from Má Vlast (My Country)

 

  

 

XIAN XINGHAI
(1905-1945)

 

  

Yellow River Concerto
     I. Prelude: The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen
     II. Ode to the Yellow River
     III. The Yellow River in Anger
     IV. Defend the Yellow River
     Jie Chen, piano

 

  

 

INTERMISSION

 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)

 

 

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68
     I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem   
     Lande
        (Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside)
     II. Szene am Bach 
        (Scene by the brook)
     III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute 
        (Merry gathering of country folk)
     IV. Gewitter, Sturm 
        (Thunder, Storm)
     V. Hirtengesang, frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm 
        (Shepherd’s song, cheerful and thankful feelings after the
        storm) 

The post of Music Director is endowed by The Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.
Cameras and recording equipment are not permitted during the performance.
As a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please turn off watch alarms and cell phones.

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.

The 2022-23 Masterworks Series is presented by

The 2022-23 Masterworks Series is also sponsored by
The Elizabeth M. and Harriette M. Landon Foundation

Duncaster
Seabury
Bradley Foster Sargent Inc
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
About the Artist
Jie Chen
piano
Program Notes
Vltava (“The Moldau”) from Má Vlast (“My Country”) (1874)
Bedřich Smetana (Born March 2, 1824 in Leitomischl, Bohemia Died May 12, 1884 in Prague)
Yellow River Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (cantata composed 1939; concerto derived from it 1969)
Derived from the Yellow River Cantata by Xian Xinghai (Born June 13, 1905 in Macao; Died October 30, 1945 in Moscow)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, “Pastoral” (1807-1808)
Ludwig van Beethoven (Born December 16, 1770 in Bonn Died March 26, 1827 in Vienna)
Lux Bond & Green
Avon Old Farms School
Richard Ott Interior Spaces
Nutmeg Conservatory