In the second concert of their residency at UCLA, the Russian String Orchestra, directed by Misha Rachlevsky, performs professor David Lefkowitz‘s Zachor, a piece commissioned and premiered by RSO in 2017, as well as two works by professor Richard Danielpour that the orchestra recorded in Moscow in April 2017. Also on the program are works by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, which are a testament to RSO’s Russian lineage, and Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht, a tribute to the composer for whom UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is named.
PROGRAM:
Lyric Andante
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Zachor
David Lefkowitz (b.1964)
Chamber Symphony (String Quartet No. 8, op. 110, arranged by R. Barschai)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Largo
Allegro Molto
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
Contrapunctus No. 1 from The Art of Fugue
J.S. Bach
Kaddish for violin and orchestra
Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)
Evgeny Pravilov, violin
Guest artist: Marcia Dickstein, harp
Talking to Aphrodite for Soprano, Solo Horn and Chamber Orchestra (2016), on poems by Erica Jong
Richard Danielpour (b. 1956)
I. Adagio – Animando
II. Molto Moderato
III. Agitated, presto (ben misurato)
IV. Solemn, with simple flowing motion
V. Playfully (in the manner of a tango)
VI. Graceful, simply flowing
Sarah Shafer, soprano, Amy Sanchez, French horn
Melodrama (from Snow Maiden, Op. 29)
P.I. Tchaikovsky (1849-1893)
Scherzo, Op. 42/2 (arr. M. Rachlevsky)
P.I. Tchaikovsky (1849-1893)
Verklaerte Nacht
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible. We are proud to celebrate this program as part of the 2018-2019 Dobrow Series.