TITANS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
7:30PM
PROGRAM
LILI BOULANGER - D’un matin de printemps (Of A Spring Morning)
FLORENCE PRICE - The Oak
INTERMISSION
GUSTAV MAHLER - Symphony No. 1 “Titan”
VENUE
Singletary Center for the Arts
DURATION
2 Hours
ABOUT THE MUSIC
Opening Night for LexPhil’s 2024/25 Season is a Titan of orchestral forces.
The season breaks daylight with the sweet and playful D’un matin de printemps (Of A Spring Morning) by Lili Boulanger, the first woman to win the prestigious Prix de Rome for composition at only nineteen years old. Followed by The Oak by Florence Price, who was the first African-American woman to have a symphonic work performed by a major American orchestra. Price’s orchestral tone poem exemplifies her masterful orchestration in this introspective composition that grows from ominous beginnings to a majestic end.
The concert comes to a riveting conclusion with Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, appropriately nicknamed “Titan”. This symphony rises from ethereal beginnings, traveling through Mahler’s signature dance-like middle movements featuring a prominent double bass solo, and concludes with an earth shattering finale with a tectonic orchestral explosion.
MAHLER 1, MVT III FOR BASS QUINTET
ARR. RACHEL MARTIN
LexPhil Principal Bass Rachel Martin arranged a ten minute piece based off Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 Third Movement that begins with a prominent bass solo.
INSIDE THE SCORE
Join us prior to Titans for a free pre-concert lecture with Music Director Mélisse Brunet for an exclusive, in-depth look Inside the Score! The talk begins at 6:30PM in the Presidents Room prior to the concert. Seating is limited, doors will close once capacity is reached.
Presented by The Glenview Trust Company
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