PEI Symphony Orchestra
Mark Shapiro – Music Director

Concert for Ukraine

Mark Shapiro – Conductor

April 24, 2022 – Confederation Centre Homburg Theatre – 2:30 pm

 

O Canada

Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891)

Ukrainian National Anthem
(Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy
(1863)

Words:   Pavlo Chubynsky (1839-1884)
Music:    Mykhallo Verbytsky (1815-1870)

Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

Souvenirs d’enfance (1913)

Pylyp Kozytsky (1893-1960)  

  1. “Grandma rocks the baby” –  Hamish Gordon - oboe
  2. “Child asks Grandma for a story” – Morgan Saulnier - flute
  3. “Grandma remembers the past” – Karem Simon – clarinet
  4. “Grandma is dozing off; the child is already sleeping” – Natalie Williams Calhoun – cello
    Pianist: Stephanie Cole

Symphony no. 1 in C major (1770-72)

Maxym Berezovsky (1745-1777)

  1. Allegro molto
  2. Andante
  3. Presto

Adagio for Strings (1936)

Samuel Barber (1822-1905)

Intermission

Symphony no. 5 in C minor op. 62 (1809)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Allegro con brio
  2. Andante con moto
  3. Scherzo: Allegro
  4. Allegro – Presto

Prayer for the Ukraine
(Molytva za Ukrainu)
(1885)

Mykola Lysenko

(1842-1912)

 

Programme notes written and compiled by Will Hobbs
 

 

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