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June 4:
“Song and Dance”
Episcopal Church of the Advent
The Bay Atlantic Symphony performs Arthur Foote’s Serenade, Op. 25, Bach’s Violin Concerto in A minor with violinist Ruotao Mao, and Isaac Albeniz’s España. The center of Bach’s violin concerto is a breathtakingly lyrical middle movement with a sweeping melody of spiritual dimensions, shared between the soloist and orchestra. It is bookended by jaunty movements, the last being a gigue (jig). American composer Arthur Foote’s Serenade sings to us with bucolic grace and rhapsody. Albéniz’s España takes us on a sensual tour of picturesque regions throughout Spain.
June 20:
"Loveletter, Lullabies, and Footstomps”
Episcopal Church of the Advent
Gustav Mahler’s achingly expressive Adagietto is a love letter to his wife Alma. This hauntingly famous romance leads into an equally beautiful pastorale by Aaron Copland, which turns, on a dime, into a rhythmic jazzy stomp through the streets of Copland’s native New York. The virtuosic work was written for Benny Goodman. We embrace with open arms the various jaunty sounds of America in our second half with the Hoedown from Rodeo, Gershwin’s bluesy Lullaby, and fun-loving tunes by Leroy Anderson.