ROBERT HART BAKER, CONDCUTOR
SEASON OPENER
January 15, 1978, 3:00 pm
Mozart
Overture to “Bastien und Bastienne”
Rossini
Overture to “La Cenerentola”
(concert version edited by Robert Hart Baker)
Rimsky-Korsakov
Suite from the opera “Le Coq d’Or”
1. King Dodon in his Palace
2. King Dodon on the Battlefield
3. The Arrival of Queen Chimaka
4. Wedding and the Lamentable End of King Dodon
Horatio Parker
“Mona Prelude”
(concert version edited by Robert Hart Baker)
Mussorgsky
Introduction to “Khovantchina”
(orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov)
Hindemith
“Nobilissima Visione” Suite
1. Introduction and Rondo
2. March Pastorale
3. Passacaglia
WINTER CONCERT
February 25, 1978, 3:00 pm
Stravinsky
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Ronald Braunstein, Assistant Conductor
David Smadbeck
Piece for Orchestra (N.Y. Premiere)
Robert Hart Baker, Conductor
Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Andante
3. Presto
Peter Oundijan, violin
Toby Hoffman, viola
Winners of the William Kapell Memorial Award and YSO Mozart Concerto Competition
Ronald Braunstein, Assistant Conductor
Tchaikovsky
Le voyevode, Op. 78
Poulenc
Excerpts from the ballet “Les Animauz Modèles”
Glière
Russian Sailors’ Dance
Robert Hart Baker, Conductor
SPRING CONCERT
April 2, 1978, 3:00 pm
Paul Hindemith
Overture to “Neues vom Tage”
N. Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
Edvard Grieg
Lyric Suite, Op. 54
1. Shepherd-boy
2. Norwegian rustic march
3. Nocturne
4. March of the dwarfs
Horatio Parker
Vathek, Symphonic poem, Op. 56
(N.Y. Premiere)
Aaron Copland
Music for a Great City
1. Skyline
2. Night Thoughts
3. Subway Jam
4. Toward the Bridge