Hopkins Center for the Arts

home > 2007-08 >

Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra

Anthony Princiotti, conductor
with soloist Lynn Guo '08

Saturday, NOVEMBER 17 • 8 pm
Spaulding Auditorium
$18 • Dartmouth students $3

The DSO launches its '07/08 season with three beloved German Romantic works. Mendelssohn's “Hebrides” Overture (or Fingal's Cave) was inspired by the composer's visit to Scotland in 1829. When he came upon a particular sea cavern, he was so moved by its dramatic features that he wrote this lyrical piece portraying the movement and mystery of wind and sea. Schumann's only Piano Concerto—in A minor—often considered his crowning achievement, is a splendid reflection of his own character, with frequent changes in tempo and tonality that convey both happy and heroic moods. Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major has been called “The Apotheosis of the Dance” for its driving rhythms that build to monumental force. Harnessing and reinventing classical traditions, he created music of a power and scope that was revolutionary for its time—and beyond.