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A Midsummer Night's Dream
February 20 & 21, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Program

A Midsummer Night's Dream

February 20 & 17, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee Theatre


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Tonight's performance is dedicated to the memory of Sarah Winbigler DeYoung and Patricia Caya by their loving families and friends.

 
PROGRAM


Aram Demirjian, conductor
Laura Beth Wells, narrator
Jacqueline BrecheenFirst Fairy
Tori FranklinSecond Fairy
Appalachian Ballet Company
   Amy Morton Vaughn, artistic director
Webb School of Knoxville Chamber Singers
   LeAnne Johnson, director
Pellissippi State Community College Variations Choir

   Meagan Humphreys, director

 
RUTH CRAWFORD-SEEGER
Rissolty, Rossolty


EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA
Cantus arcticus: Concerto for Birds & Orchestra
   I. The Bog
   II. Melancholy
   III. Swans migrating


BEDRICH SMETANA
"The Moldau" from My Fatherland


INTERMISSION

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream
   Overture, Opus 21
   I. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
   II. L’istesso tempo
   III. Song with Chorus. Allegro ma non troppo
   IV. Andante
   V. Allegro appassionato
   X. Funeral March. Andante comodo
   VII. Con moto tranquillo (Nocturne)
   VIII. Andante
   IX. Wedding March. Allegro vivace
   X. Funeral March. Andante comodo
   XI. A Dance of Clowns. Allegro di molto
   XII. Allegro vivace come primo
   XIII. Finale

This concert will be broadcast on WUOT 91.9 FM on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 8 p.m.
This concert will be rebroadcast on WUOT 91.9 FM on Monday, August 25, 2025, at 8 p.m.

Latecomers will be seated during the first convenient pause in the performance.
The use of recording devices and/or flash photography during the performance is strictly prohibited. Please remember to silence all electronic devices and refrain from text messaging during the concert. Mobile devices may be used to read program notes during the concert.
Programs and artists subject to change.