Fantastic French
On Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 8:00 p.m., Israeli conductor, Noam Aviel will conduct Symphony in C in a program of French music. The concert opens with Franz Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 110/2 which depicts the “Dance in the Village Inn” from Lenau’s Faust and conjures demonic revelry and seduction. Composer and violinist Henri Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor was written in 1861 as a “contest piece” for the Brussels Conservatory. Violinist Stella Chen is the soloist. Symphonie Fantastique Opus 14 by Hector Berlioz has been called “a musical expedition into psychedelia because of its hallucinatory and dream-like nature.” Berlioz wrote the symphony as a way to express his unrequited love for an Irish actress.
Noam Aviel, Guest Conductor
Stella Chen, Violin
PROGRAM:
Franz Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.110/2
Henri Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37, A minor
Stella Chen, violin
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Tickets for the Symphonic Series at Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts and the Virtuosi Series are currently available and range in price from $25 - $52. All tickets may be purchased here or by calling 856-963-6683.
Symphony in C performances and programs are made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the William G. Rohrer Charitable Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Holman Automotive Group, The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, South Jersey Charitable Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, and Subaru of America. Symphony in C is a member of the South Jersey Cultural Alliance (SJCA).