Opening Night
The largest gathering of concertmasters and principal players in North America.
Michael Francis, Music Director
Friday, June 10, 2022 | 7:30pm | Surf Cup Sports Park
Lead Festival Sponsors
Joann Clark | Steve & Sue Hart | Dr. Ronald & Susan Heller | Joan & Irwin Jacobs
June 10 Concert Sponsor
Patricia & Christopher Weil
Program
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Soloist: Boris Allakhverdyan, clarinet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was written in October 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. It was premiered in Prague on October 16, 1791. Mozart originally intended the piece to be written for basset horn, as Anton Stadler was also a virtuoso basset horn player, but eventually was convinced the piece would be more effective for clarinet. However, several notes throughout the piece go beyond the conventional range of the A clarinet; Mozart may have intended the piece to be played on the basset clarinet, a special clarinet championed by Stadler that had a range down to low (written) C, instead of stopping at (written) E as standard clarinets do. As there is no autograph for this concerto and as it was published posthumously, it is difficult to understand all of Mozart's intentions.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
The Symphony No. 4 in B♭ major, Op. 60, is the fourth-published symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was composed in 1806 and premiered in March 1807 at a private concert in Vienna at the town house of Prince Lobkowitz. The first public performance was at the Burgtheater in Vienna in April 1808. The work is dedicated to "the Silesian nobleman Count Franz von Oppersdorff". Although Oppersdorff had paid for exclusive rights to the work for its first six months, his orchestra did not give the first performance.
SOLOIST
Boris Allakhverdyan
Principal Clarinet,
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Adopt An Artist Sponsor: Garna Muller
Boris Allakhverdyan was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2016. Allakhverdyan is a founding member of the Prima Trio, the Grand Prize and the Gold Medal winner of the prestigious 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.
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- Beethoven: Grosse Fuga
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 (Gilles Vonsattel, piano)
- Mozart: Jupiter Symphony
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- Vaughan Williams: The Wasps
- Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Maximilian Hornung, cello)
- Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
- Haydn: Symphony No. 104
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- Schubert: Unfinished Symphony
- Mozart: Requiem (Levin version) (San Diego Master Chorale)
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