Trials & Transformations
Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 3pm
High School of Fashion Industries
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis
Brahms Symphony No. 1
The GVO opens its thirty-seventh season with a program defined by struggle, both internal and external. We begin with Beethoven’s third attempt to write an overture to Fidelio, an opera focused on heroism, bravery and integrity. Hindemith’s highly original and virtuosic Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber was written after he emigrated to the U.S. from Nazi Germany, where his music had been labeled “degenerate art”. And it took Brahms over a decade to complete his first symphony as he wrestled with his inner demons. While the opening is steeped in tension and drama, the demons are eventually swept away as the work makes its way to a triumphant finale.