Batesville Symphony League announces the forthcoming concert of the Batesville Community Orchestra at Lyon College, Saturday, Nov. 16 at 8:00 PM.
The program opens with the Beethoven Coriolan Overture. The c minor theme shows Coriolanus resolved to invade Rome while the Eb major theme represents his mother’s pleading for Rome. Rather than reverse his decision, he meets a tragic end.
The second piece by Arcangelo Corelli is the Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8, “Christmas Concerto”, featuring the string sections and contrasting concertino solo group.
Following a brief intermission, the full orchestra returns to perform two well-known movements from the Dvorak Symphony No. 9, “New World”, the Scherzo and Largo movements. Dvorak, now working in his travels to South Dakota encountered both Indian and slave melodies which he incorporated in two works, the Op. 95 Ninth Symphony and the string quartet Op. 96, “American”, both dated 1893.
The program closes with the popular melodies of American icon, Leroy Anderson, in a medley including Blue Tango and Sleigh Ride.
The program is free to the public and sponsored through donations to the Batesville Symphony League and the Batesville Community Orchestra. The orchestra performs under the direction of Barbara Reeve, adjunct professor at Lyon College and string teacher in the Batesville School District.
