Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra presents TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH SYMPHONY 

Wesley Schulz, Music Director & Conductor

Sarah Mattox, mezzo soprano

Performances: November 10 & 11, 2012; Saturday @ 7:30 p.m. & Sunday @ 3:00 p.m.
Pre-concert chats: Saturday @ 6:45 p.m. & Sunday @ 2:15 p.m.

THE PROGRAM
COPLAND – An Outdoor Overture
BERLIOZ – Les nuits d’ete
TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No. 5 in E minor

WESLEY SCHULZ | NOTES FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR: A Fifth of Tchaikovsky, and a lot more, for our 40th birthday party - MICHAEL C. MOORE, Kitsap Sun

On a November weekend, music to evoke 'Summer Nights' - MICHAEL C. MOORE, Kitsap Sun

One of Tchaikovsky’s most endearing gifts was his penchant for melody. His Fifth Symphony is a virtual bounty of intoxicating themes including the second movement’s famous melody for French Horn. Berlioz’s six songs for mezzo soprano, Les nuits d’ete (Summer Nights), radiate tenderness, sensuality, and like Tchaikovsky, gives voice to inspired melodies. Aaron Copland’s Outdoor Overture opens the program with spirited brass playing an invigorating rhythm. This work provides the perfect opening to our 40^th Anniversary in which we celebrate the orchestra’s vitality and contribution to the arts on Bainbridge Island! 

Please join us in thanking our generous Corporate Sponsor Kitsap Bank; BSO is also supported, in part, by Bainbridge Island Parks Foundation, Fletcher Bay Foundation, and Kitsap Community Foundation.