Final Round
Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
Let Us Garlands Bring, op. 18
I. Come Away, Come Away, Death
II. Who Is Silvia?
III. Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun
IV. O Mistress Mine
V. It Was a Lover and His Lass
Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
John Tuvera Lim, baritone
Cello Concerto in B Minor, op. 104
I. Allegro
Matthew Reffner, cello
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, op. 26
I. Andante – Allegro
Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
Noah Alden Hardaway, piano
Come Paride vezzoso from The Elixir of Love
Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
Jonathan Margrave, baritone
Trombone Concertino, op. 4
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante, marcia funèbre
III. Allegro
Ferdinand David (1810–1873)
Talbot Jennings, trombone
Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 35
I. Moderato nobile
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Gabrielle Gans, violin
- intermission -
Cello Concerto in D Minor
I. Prelude, lento–Allegro maestoso
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
Chris Gilley, cello
Voi che sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Sally McGrath, mezzo soprano
Saxophone Concerto (from #Q in Movement I to the End of the Concerto)
I. Animato: tranquillo, suave
II. Molto vivo: a hard, driving pulse
John Adams (b. 1947)
Tom Hague, saxophone
Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios
I. ¿Con qué la lavaré?
II. Vos me matásteis
III. ¿De dónde venís, amore?
IV. De los álamos vengo, madre
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)
Bixiao Wang, soprano
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, op. 37
I. Allegro con brio
II. Largo
III. Rondo. Allegro
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Jean Lin, piano
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Schulze
Maryland Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR
Anna Binneweg
Londontowne Symphony Orchestra, AACC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR
David Neely
University of Maryland School of Music, DesMoines Metro Opera
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