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KENT NAGANO & THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYMPHONY
KENT NAGANO, conductor
ANGELA HEWITT, piano
GABRIELI, Excerpts from Symphonioe sacroe for brass
BACH, Sinfonias Nos. 1 to 5 (for solo keyboard)
WEBERN, Symphony, Op. 21
BACH, Sinfonias Nos. 8 & 9 (for solo keyboard)
STRAVINSKI, Symphonies of Wind Instruments
BACH, Sinfonias Nos. 11,12 and 15 (for solo keyboard)
BEETHOVEN, Symphony No.5
So what is the symphony, and how has it evolved over the centuries? The word itself, deriving ultimately from the Greek – syn (with) and ph?n? (sound) – appeared in English in the latter part of the thirteenth century and refers to a harmony of sounds, and is therefore almost synonymous with music. Quickly its use became limited to instrumental music, as in the case of the Bach Sinfonias and the pages of Gabrieli presented here, and then more specifically to ensemble music. Little by little the symphony would become a genre in its own right, for orchestra, quite strictly defined, and magnificently illustrated by Beethoven, among others. At the dawn of the twentieth century, with Webern and Stravinsky, it would become something else.
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KENT NAGANO & THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYMPHONY
Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
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Tuesday May 10, 2011
8:00 PM
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