Rhapsodies and Modes

Presented by Saratoga Symphony

Enjoy a FREE classical music orchestraL concert with exciting rhythms, beautiful melodies and lively tempos!  This concert is both emotion inducing and romantic.  It has dramatic flair, robust rhythms, sensuous poetic melodies, and includes folk music transcribed for Orchestra.  Included is a performance of the last of the four 'Isle of the Dead' pieces in the repertoire - the other 3 'Isle of the Dead' pieces were performed at earlier concerts! Conductor Dr. Jason Klein provides insight to each concert piece for the audience before it is performed.  This adds pleasure and understanding to the entire concert.

Program Items

Gustav Holst A Fugal Overture
Percy Grainger I'm Seventeen Come Sunday
Ralph Vaughn Williams Seventeen Come Sunday - March
Granville Bantock The Witch of Atlas
Andreas Hallen Isle of the Dead
George Enescu Romanian Rhapsody #1

Performers

Jason Klein Conductor and Music Director