NEC Philharmonia + David Loebel: Nielsen, Agócs, Beethoven
NEC Associate Conductor of Orchestras David Loebel leads the NEC Philharmonia in a program of works by Nielsen, NEC faculty composer Kati Agócs, and Beethoven.
Both Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony and Nielsen’s Helios Overture take their inspiration from the beauty of the natural world. Named for the Greek god of the sun and composed while visiting Greece, Nielsen’s overture portrays the sun’s daily journey across the sky from dawn until dusk.
-- David Loebel
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Carl Nielsen | Helios Overture, op. 17
Kati Agócs | Perpetual Summer (2010, rev. 2012)
Program note
Perpetual Summer is scored for large orchestra with a sextet of amplified, processed string soloists and amplified harpsichord (or synthesizer simulating a harpsichord sound). It was commissioned by the National Youth Orchestra of Canada in 2010 in celebration of its Fiftieth Anniversary, for which I served as Composer-in-Residence. Elegiac, even apocalyptic in tone, this work represents my reaction to a vision of our planet on which summer never ends. The piece establishes a dialogue between the soloists and orchestra in a manner typical of the Baroque Concerto Grosso. Summer from Vivaldi’s ‘The Four Seasons’ appears as a found object in the work. The modern orchestra, with its greatly expanded percussion resources, inspires a dynamic interplay of weights and densities. The Vivaldi gestures are transformed in a battle of light and shadow which unfolds across the canvas of a twelve-minute trajectory.
- Kati AgócsINTERMISSION
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 6 in F Major, op. 68 "Pastoral"
Allegro ma non troppo. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande
(Awakening of cheerful feelings on arrival in the countryside)
Andante molto mosso. Szene am Bach (Scene by the brook)
Allegro. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute (Merry gathering of country folk)
Allegro. Gewitter, Sturm (Thunder, storm)
Allegretto. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm
(Shepherd's song. Cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm)Personnel
First Violin
Aidan Ip
Youngji Choi
Eric Chen
Haerim Oh
Boxianzi Vivian Ling
Nozomi Murayama
Yeonsoo Kim
Hyeonah Hong
Chloe Hong
Isabella Gorman
Kristy Chen
Eunha Kim
Xiaoqing Yu
Second Violin
Tiffany Chang
Masha Lakisova
Bree Fotheringham
Dorson Chang
Hannah O’Brien
Hanks Tsai
Yulia Watanabe-Price
Bella Jeong
Arun Asthagiri
Jordan Hadrill
Hila Dahari
Kaitlyn Knudsvig
Viola
Chiau-Rung Chen
John Harry Clark
Junghyun Ahn
Sophia Tseng
Cara Pogossian
Aidan Garrison
Kwong Man To
Hyelim Kong
Bram Fisher
Yeh-Chun Lin
ChengRong Li
Ayano Nakamura
Cello
Jeffrey Ho
Claire Deokyong Kim
Nathan Le
Jiho Seo
Andres Sanchez-Linares
Soobin Kong
Adi Muralidharan
Davis You
Eva Sánchez-Vegazo
Pi-Wei Lin
Bass
Jesse Dale
Daniel Slatch
Minyi Wang
Yihan Wu
Chiyang Chen
Alyssa Peterson
Flute
Javier Castro ‡
Anne Chao +
Elizabeth Kleiber
Yang Liu
Yechan Min §
Subin Serena Oh
Mara Riley
Piccolo
Elizabeth Kleiber §
Yechan Min ‡
Subin Serena Oh +
Oboe
Dane Bennett §
Donovan Bown +
Sojeong Kim ‡
Sam Rockwood
English horn
Sam Rockwood
Clarinet
Tyler J. Bourque
Chenrui Lin +
Soyeon Park §
Erica Smith ‡
Bass Clarinet
Tyler J. Bourque
Bassoon
Adam Chen
Garrett Comrie
Andrew Flurer
John Fulton ‡
Evan Judson §
Richard Vculek +
Contrabassoon
Garrett Comrie
French horn
Karlee Kamminga
Xiang Li ‡
Yeonjo Oh +
Willow Otten
Paolo Rosselli §
Trumpet
Jake Baldwin §
Michael Harms
Nelson Martinez
David O’Neill +
Alex Prokop ‡
Trombone
Eli Canales
Lukas Helsel §
Zachary Johnson +
Jianlin Sha ‡
Bass Trombone
Jason Sato +
Luke Sieve §
Tuba
Masaru Lin
Timpani
Ariel Pei Hsien Lu §
Zesen Wei ‡
Yiming Yao +
Percussion
Parker Olson
Hayoung Song
Zesen Wei
Leigh Wilson §
Harp
Yvonne Cox
Synthesizer
Pei-Hsuan Shen
Principal players
+Nielsen
§Agócs
‡Beethoven