Mahler’s Fourth

Thursday, May 28, 2015 - Sunday, May 31, 2015

Belding Theater at The Bushnell

Thursday at 7:30pm
Friday & Saturday at 8pm
Sunday at 3pm

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Program

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
World Premiere/Original Commission Fanfare for the Hartford Woman by Christopher LaRosa
Mackey Harvest: Concerto for Trombone
*Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major

Performers

Carolyn Kuan conductor
Brian Diehl HSO principal trombone
Jamilyn Manning-White soprano

The finale culminates our season-long tribute to Mahler.  Throughout his life and music, Gustav Mahler explored the metaphysical meanings of our lives, and this work endures as his most approachable and expressive.  The program also features HSO principal trombonist Brian Diehl in a concerto based on Dionysus, the Greek god of creativity.  Plus, Copland’s exultant Fanfare for the Common Man – along with a world premiere of an original commission, Fanfare for the Hartford Woman by the winner of the HSO composition competition, Christopher LaRosa…Learn More

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Saunders Fund for Innovative Programming

*Part of the 2014-2015 season Discover Mahler musical exploration of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.