Iconic Overtures: Mozart, Beethoven & More

ABOUT THIS CONCERT

Acclaimed conductor David Robertson conducts some of music’s all-time great overtures—dramatic and evocative curtain-raisers that capture us from the first note. Lust-filled, hell-bound lothario Don Giovanni comes to life in Mozart’s famed Overture, and Beethoven’s Egmont Overture offers a stirring journey from tragedy to triumph. Scotland so inspired Mendelssohn that he set his feelings to music in The Hebrides, which conjures imagery of breathtaking landscapes and sea-swept cliffs.

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May 14
2021		 Friday, 8:00 PM
at Jones Hall
May 15
2021		 Saturday, 8:00 PM
at Jones Hall
May 16
2021		 Sunday, 2:30 PM
at Jones Hall

PROGRAM

MONTEVERDI/C. HARMON Toccata from Orfeo
HANDEL Overture to Music for the Royal Fireworks
MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni
MENDELSSOHN Die Hebriden (The Hebrides)
BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont
JOPLIN/T. J. ANDERSON Overture to Treemonisha
Yue Bao, conductor

ARTISTS

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David Robertson – conductor, artist, thinker, American musical visionary – occupies the most prominent podiums in opera, orchestral, and new music.  He is a champion of contemporary composers, and an ingenious and adventurous programmer.  Robertson has served in numerous artistic leadership positions, such as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, a transformative 13-year tenure as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, with the Orchestre National de Lyon, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and as protégé of Pierre Boulez, the Ensemble InterContemporain.  He appears with the world’s great orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and many major European, Asian, North and South American ensembles and festivals.  Since his 1996 Metropolitan Opera debut, Robertson has conducted a breathtaking range of Met projects, including the 2019-20 season opening premiere production of Porgy and Bess, for which he shared a Grammy Award, Best Opera Recording, in March 2021.  Robertson serves as Director of Conducting Studies, Distinguished Visiting Faculty, of The Juilliard School.

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