The repertoire for our next concert is almost all in place. We actually have a little too much music! Just have to figure out what gets cut from the program which is not so easy to do. I am really excited Alex Hurd will be joining us for the concert. He has a wonderful voice and a great personality. We will be doing Ottorino Respighi’s Il Tramonto, a rarely performed work for voice and string quartet. Respighi is known more for his brilliant large scale orchestrations so we are very happy to present a different side of Respighi. Another great work we are planning to do is Stauss’s Prelude to Capriccio. Capriccio was Strauss’s last opera, an opera about opera. Instead of using the full orchestra, the opera opens with this prelude scored for string sextet. Odd choice for an opera but great for concert piece! The rest of the program is still up in the air, but we are thinking of works by Puccini, Rossini, and/or Faure.
I’ll post more details on the rest of the program as it’s finalized.