Details

Item details

Date

April 23, 2022 8:00PM

Location

Old Cabell Hall

Name

Masterworks 5

Description

Richard Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Joseph Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major

Bedřich Smetana - The Moldau

These concerts, celebrating the return of the Charlottesville Symphony’s full woodwind and brass sections following a two-year, Covid-driven hiatus, are sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Vice Provost for the Arts at the University of Virginia. 

Richard Wagner’s comedic opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, takes its narrative from the mastersingers guilds of 16th-century Nuremberg and their singing contests.  Two musical themes – or leitmotifs – propel the story forward: one sounding like a fanfare symbolizing the mastersingers and the other a more flowing melody representing the young apprentice Walther and his love for beautiful Eva. 

Charlottesville Symphony Principal Cellist Adam Carter is the soloist in Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, composed sometime between 1761 and 1765. It was first performed at Prince Esterházy’s palace in Eisenstad, Austria, but later vanished for two centuries.  Full of cheerful melodies and Haydn’s characteristic symphonic charm, the concerto has become a musical staple while demonstrating that virtuosity and fun can go hand in hand.

A thoroughly patriotic work, The Moldau captures Bedřich Smetana’s love of his Czech homeland.  It is the second symphonic poem of a six-movement suite, Má vlast (My Country) and his best-known orchestral work.  The Moldau is the longest river in the Czech Republic.  Smetana takes us on a journey filled with scenes of rural life.  Two mountain springs – one hot, the other cold – join to form a mighty river.  It flows past jubilant hunters and a village wedding before entering a gorge where water nymphs frolic in the moonlight.  Beyond white water rapids, the river winds past a castle where Bohemian kings once lived before majestically vanishing into the distance.

COVID PROTOCOLS

Old Cabell Hall at the University of Virginia

• UVA has lifted mask requirements for audience members.
• Seat assignments are not distanced.
• The April 23-24 concerts have been shortened to approximately one hour with no intermission to reduce restroom lines and crowd mingling.
• If you are not feeling well, and especially if you are experiencing any of the symptoms commonly associated with COVID-19, please stay home.  We will gladly offer you a ticket refund.

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