FEATURED PROGRAM
MOZART PLUS A GERMAN REQUIEM Friday Saturday Sunday
May 4, 2018 May 5, 2018 May 6, 2018
8:00pm 8:00pm 2:30pm
Jones Hall
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor *Mark Nuccio, clarinet Nicole Heaston, soprano **Russell Braun, baritone Houston Symphony Chorus Betsy Cook Weber, director *Houston Symphony solo debut **Houston Symphony debut
Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 I Allegro II Adagio III Rondo: Allegro
ca. 28
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Opus 45 I Selig sind, die da Leid tragen ( Chorus): Ziemlich langsam und mit Ausdruck II Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (Chorus): Langsam, marschmäßig—Allegro non troppo III Herr, lehre doch mich (Baritone and Chorus): Andante moderato IV Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Chorus): Maßig bewegt V Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (Soprano and Chorus): Langsam VI Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (Baritone and Chorus): Andante—Vivace—Allegro VII Selig sind die Toten (Chorus): Feierlich
18 | Houston Symphony
ca. 1:08
Did you know? • The second movement of Brahms' German Requiem features an unusual funeral march in triple meter (marches are usually in duple meter). This may be an homage to Robert Schumann's Carnaval for piano, which ends with a “March of the League of David against the Philistines” in triple meter.