Sunday, October 5, 2003
Special Time 3:00 PM
in the sanctuary at
St. Michael Catholic Church
1801 Sage Road
Houston, Texas 77056
Roman
Carnival Overture
Hector Berlioz
Fantaisie Hongoise Op. 26,
for Flute and Orchestra
Albert Franz Doppler
Ema Armanious, soloist
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
1. Allegro non troppo
2.
Adagio non troppo
3. Allegretto grazioso / Presto ma non assai
4. Allegro con spirito
Johannes Brahms
Hector Berlioz
1803-1869
After a sojourn in Rome (1831-32) he became a noted, sometimes notorious composer, conductor, and journalist. In the 1840s and 1850s he traveled ceaselessly through Europe, conducting concerts of his works and befriending the major composers of his era, most notably Liszt, Schumann, Chopin, Wagner, and Paganini.
Of his many advances in orchestration, perhaps the most formidable are found in the Requiem, a monster work for mega-orchestra and chorus with four brass choirs placed around the performing body. He called this "architectural music," that is, music that takes the acoustical effects of the performance space into account.
Fantaisie Hongoise
Op. 26,
for Flute and Orchestra
Ema Armanious, soloist
Albert Franz Doppler
1821-1883
At the age of 18, he became the principal flutist at the opera in Pest. After touring Brussels and London with his brother Karl, he took the position of first flutist and stand-in conductor at the Vienna Opera Ballet of the Court, later becoming the chief conductor.
He was a good friend of Schubert and the professor for flute at the Vienna Conservatory from 1864-47. He composed many flute concertos and pieces for flute solo, the most famous being the Fantaisie Hongoise.
source Claudia Haider
Symphony No. 2
in D, Op. 73
Johannes Brahms
1833-1897
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Adagio non
troppo
3. Allegretto grazioso /
Presto ma non assai
4. Allegro con spirito
Brahms was born in Hamburg. His father, who gave him his first music lessons, was a double bassist. Brahms showed early promise on the piano and helped to supplement the family income by playing the piano in restaurants, bars and brothels, as well as teaching. He gave a few public concerts, but did not become well known .
He also began to compose, but his efforts did not receive much attention until he went on a concert tour with Eduard Remenyi in 1853. On this tour he met Joseph Joachim, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann, with whom he became particularly close.
In 1862 he settled for good in Vienna and began to concentrate fully on composing. He found great success in this field. In 1876, he finally completed his first symphony, on which he had worked for many years. It was described by the conductor Hans von Bülow as "Beethoven's tenth symphony". Brahms wrote four symphonies in all, as well as two piano concertos, a violin concerto, and many pieces of chamber music and vocal music.
source Wikopedia