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Penn Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra Season Fi- nale: Bernstein and Stravinsky


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yearlong celebration of the centennial of Leonard Ber- nstein’s birth with an all- Bernstein program. After intermission, the Penn Symphony Orchestra takes the stage with Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and Rossini’s Overture to William Tell. The Wind Ensemble’s wide-ranging program will be the Overture to Candide, Four Dances from West Side Story, “Profanation” from Symphony No. 1, Suite from Mass, and Make Our Garden Grow from Candide. Dr Michael Ketner,


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Director of the Wind Ensemble, explained how he selected the repertoire for the concert: “I wanted


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to demonstrate to the stu- dents and the audience that Bernstein was that rare musician who had success composing in more “seri- ous” formats (his Mass, symphonies, etc.) as well as what would be con- sidered more “popular” ones (Broadway, for exam- ple). To him, good music didn’t really need labels; a great melody could have a desired effect regardless of its context. He is a ter- rific example of an Ameri- can musician: composer, performer, conductor, and educator. He was someone who used all of his abili- ties to their fullest potential and combined them with all of his many interests. He is truly worth celebrat- ing, we are happy to do our part to remember his monumental talent with this diverse and exciting


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Bernstein himself admit- ted his “inner sense of the- atricality,” which can be seen in most of his music. West Side Story is the best known and most popular of Bernstein’s works, from the original 1957 Broadway show and Oscar-winning film (1961), to frequent professional and amateur theatrical productions and concert arrangements. Pre- miering in 1956, the comic operetta Candide, based on Voltaire’s story, started out a political commen- tary on McCarthyism, but evolved through many revisions involving numer- ous text collaborators. Mass was commissioned by Jac- queline Kennedy for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 1971. Based loosely on the Roman Catholic mass, it has additional texts by Bernstein, Paul Simon and Stephen Schwarz, and was intended to be staged the- atrically. Critics were not kind, but the music has survived, mostly in concert form. The Symphony No. 1 was composed in 1942, before Bernstein’s over- night fame as a conduc- tor in 1943. With Bernstein


conducting, it premiered to great acclaim in 1944 and tells the story of the biblical prophet Jeremiah. The scherzo “Profanation” is the middle movement, describing the mocking of the prophet and the chaos arising from the corruption of the priesthood. The Penn Symphony


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Stravinsky. The Firebird ballet was commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev, who report- edly said to his dancers of the young unknown com- poser, “Mark him well. He is a man on the eve of celebrity.” The 1910 bal- let, combining two Rus- sian folktales, was hugely successful; the lush score shows the influences of Stravinsky’s teacher Rim- sky-Korsakov as well as his own harmonic and rhythmic innovation. Over the years, Stravinsky cre- ated several concert suites to establish his rights to the music and give it wider accessibility; the 1919 Suite is heard in this performance. Sponsored by the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania Department of Music, the Wind Ensemble and Sym- phony Orchestra draw per- formers from throughout the University, primarily non-music majors, as well as a few community mem- bers. The concert is also sponsored by the School of Arts and Sciences and the Student Activities Council. Saturday, April 21, at 8 PM, in the Annenberg Cen- ter’s Zellerbach Theatre, 3680 Walnut Street, Phila- delphia, PA 19104. Free for Penn Card holders and students with ID; $5 for others.


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Orchestra under the direc- tion of Thomas Hong then takes the stage with Ros- sini’s Overture to William Tell, a piece which has itself bridged the gap between serious and popular cul- ture, having started in 1829 as part of an opera which is rarely presented today. The Overture sub- sequently became most widely known in this coun- try for its use in TV west- erns and films, cartoons, and even sporting events. Those, unfamiliar with the original, may be sur- prised by the depth of the piece which depicts life in the Swiss Alps in four vivid scenes within its 12 minutes. The program concludes with the music that was the breakout piece of another 20th


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