Madison Symphony Orchestra: Peak Performance

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Friday (7:30 pm), Saturday (8 pm) and Sunday (2:30 pm), March 9-11

The otherworldly sounds of Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth are the highlight of this Madison Symphony Orchestra concert conducted by Carl St. Clair. The orchestra will tackle Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto. Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony will take you on a musical journey through the Bavarian Alps.

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Mar. 10, 11, 12, 2017: Peak Performance

Carl St. Clair, Conductor

Tine Thing Helseth, Trumpet 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN     Egmont Overture

JOHANN HUMMEL                  Trumpet Concerto*                           

RICHARD STRAUSS                  An Alpine Symphony*  

The exhilarating music of the Egmont Overture was commissioned by playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe for his play Egmont about a Flemish nobleman by the same name. Goethe specified to Beethoven that the Egmont Overture should be a “Symphony of Victory” for his lead.

In Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto, he cleverly interweaves fanfares with beautiful melodic lines, showing off the new keyed trumpet’s ability to play stepwise and chromatic passages. A staple of the trumpet repertoire, Trumpet Concerto is well recognized as one of the premiere pieces for solo trumpet.

An Alpine Symphony is a single-movement work that expresses both the joy and challenge of spending an entire day hiking on a mountain. Most likely inspired by the fond memories Strauss had of hiking in the Bavarian Alps as a young boy, it stirs images of an impending storm through occasional dark rumblings from the tubas and trombones, and wandering woodwind lines.