Posts: Finzi

Program Notes — CHOPIN IN PARIS

January 3, 2023

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799) Overture to The Anonymous Lover (1780) We possess a fine 1787 portrait of Joseph Bologne in which he embodies the very image of the pre-Revolutionary French gentleman: powdered wig, billowing lace kerchief, richly textured velvet coat, gloves, and an elegant rapier attesting to his fencing skill. But there’s something…

2022-23 Season, All Things Strings, Bacewicz, Dvorak, Elgar, Elizabeth Dorman, Finzi

Program Notes — ALL THINGS STRINGS

October 5, 2022

Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1905) Had Edward Elgar not been a musician, he just might have been a scientist or an inventor. Fascinated by technology, he was a keen amateur chemist who even patented a method to produce hydrogen sulfide. Thus it’s not surprising that he was an enthusiastic advocate of…

2022-23 Season, All Things Strings, Bacewicz, Dvorak, Elgar, Elizabeth Dorman, Finzi