Playing With Structure

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 suite from Pulcinella offers 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 Classical melodies.

Daniel Hope
Music Director and concertmaster

Sterling Elliott
Cello

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

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (1919-1920; rev. 1949)

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