PLAYING WITH STRUCTURE
PLAYING WITH STRUCTURE
MARCH 8–10, 2024
Music Director Daniel Hope on “Playing with Structure”
Friday, March 8, 2024: 7:30pm
Presidio Theatre, San Francisco
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Saturday, March 9, 2024: 3:00pm
Presidio Theatre, San Francisco
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New Century's Annual Gala Dinner begins directly following the Saturday, March 9 performance.
Sunday, March 10, 2024: 2:30pm
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University*
*Presented by Stanford Live
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There will be a free open rehearsal for this program on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 from 10:00am–12:30pm at SF Veterans Building, Wilsey Education Studio (4th Floor, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco). Please RSVP to tickets@ncco.org to confirm your attendance.
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Sterling Elliott
cello
Daniel Hope
Music Director and concertmaster
Embrace the elegant structure and exquisite restraint of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, one of music’s most prominent “architects” during the Classical period. American cellist Sterling Elliott joins Daniel Hope and New Century for Haydn’s beloved first cello concerto, a virtuoso showpiece for the instrument. In the second half of the program, selections from Igor Stravinsky’s playful ballet Pulcinella offer a contrasting 20th century response to Haydn, using the amorous hijinks of the famous Italian clown to tinker unpredictably (and to the delight of modern audiences) with the shapes and patterns of centuries-old melodies.
PROGRAM:
Christoph Willibald Gluck
“Dance of the Furies” from Orfeo ed Euridice
Ernest Bloch
“Prayer” from Jewish Life, No. 1
Franz Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
INTERMISSION
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Six Contredanses, K. 462
Igor Stravinsky (arr. A. Williams)
Suite Italienne (adapted from the ballet Pulcinella),
arranged for solo violin and strings
Please Note: As of Monday, January 29, the originally announced program has been changed. Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite has been replaced by Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, featuring material adapted by Stravinsky from the ballet Pulcinella, arranged by Adrian Williams for strings and solo violin. Mozart’s Six Contredanses have also been added to the program.