Conductor Peter Oleskevich
with Guest Artist Cindy Thong
This concert is dedicated to the late Tom Grove, who was a long time player and supporter of Nova Sinfonia.
Masking is required to attend the concert.
Academic Festival Overture
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Academic Festival Overture Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the Tragic Overture, Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the summer of 1880 as a tribute to the University of Breslau, which had notified him that it would award him an honorary doctorate in philosophy.
Piano Concerto No. 2
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Franz Liszt wrote drafts for his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in A major, S.125, during his virtuoso period, in 1839 to 1840. He then put away the manuscript for a decade. When he returned to the concerto, he revised and scrutinized it repeatedly. The fourth and final period of revision ended in 1861. Liszt dedicated the work to his student Hans von Bronsart, who gave the first performance, with Liszt conducting, in Weimar on January 7, 1857.
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
The Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, (German: Variationen über ein Thema von Jos. Haydn), now also called the Saint Anthony Variations, is a work in the form of a theme and variations, composed by Johannes Brahms in the summer of 1873 at Tutzing in Bavaria. It consists of a theme in Bâ™ major based on a "Chorale St Antoni", eight variations, and a finale. The work was published in two versions: for two pianos, written first but designated Op. 56b; and for orchestra, designated Op. 56a.
7:30 pm, St. Andrews United Church, 6035 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS
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