June 26-27
CANCELLED: THE WORLD IS WIDE ENOUGH
Saturday | 6.27.20 | 8:00 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street
The June 26-27 “The World is Wide Enough” concert series has been cancelled. Our originally planned featured artists will be rescheduled to a future concert date. We are sad about this news but make this decision to support New York and with our musicians' and audience members' safety as our first and foremost priority. Wishing all of you a safe and healthy year!
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On this program, two works by Bernstein are featured with TCS soloists: Michelle Stockman performs Halil on flute on Friday’s concert and violinist Nicholas Pappone is the featured soloist on Serenade on Saturday’s concert.
The incomparable Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler is the fitting finale for any finale. This epic five movement work in three parts is a world unto itself. Beyond the complexity of the piece for all instruments - not to mention the arresting trumpet opening call and the immense third movement featuring an obbligato horn - the symphony had come to represent for Mahler “the sum of all the suffering I have been compelled to endure at the hands of life.”
Despite this, the symphony also represents a myriad of other emotions as well. The Adagietto fourth movement is commonly known as a love letter to the composer’s wife, Alma (a composer in her own right), and has become known in popular culture on its own. According to a letter she wrote to Willem Mengelberg, a Dutch conductor and Gustav’s close friend and associate, a poem was inscribed by Gustav to Alma in the score:
Wie ich Dich liebe, Du meine Sonne,
ich kann mit Worten Dir's nicht sagen.
Nur meine Sehnsucht kann ich Dir klagen
und meine Liebe, meine Wonne!
In which way I love you, my sunbeam,
I cannot tell you with words.
Only my longing, my love and my bliss
can I with anguish declare.
The triumphant finale eclipses all of the emotions of the past and serves as an affirmation of the joy of the human spirit.
Concert run time: 105-120 minutes including a 15-minute intermission
Know before you go
The New York Times, “In One Note of Mahler, A World of Meaning” (2002)
Program
Halil
Serenade (After Plato's Symposium)
Symphony No. 5
Featured Artists
Lauded as a “first rate” violinist by Maestro Lorin Maazel, Nicholas Pappone makes a diverse career as soloist, chamber musician, sought-after orchestral player, and teacher in New York City. Growing up as a professional child actor in Los Angeles, performing the role of a prodigy violinist in a film inspired his interest in the instrument. Nicholas has performed with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Emerson String Quartet, the New York Philharmonic, Vienna Piano Trio, and …
Michelle Stockman is a flutist and piccolo player from New England who enjoys an active career in New York City. Praised for her sensitivity and versatility, she is principal flutist of LoftOpera and a freelancer with groups such as American Ballet Theater, New York City Opera, Philharmonia Orchestra of New York (PONY), and The Chelsea Symphony. Passionate about flute pedagogy and music education, she is a dedicated private instructor and previously served on faculty at The Fort Lee School of …
Conductor
A leader in the 21st century orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin is constantly reaching new audiences through innovative performance formats and creative initiatives both on and off the podium.
The 2022-23 season kicks off Dr. Aubin’s inaugural year as Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is Music Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and serves as Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony. In his role at TCS, he has led highly visible collaborations with partners such …
Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Highlights of his 2023-24 season include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Randall Goosby, and clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the inauguration of The …