Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
First Palo Alto United Methodist Church
625 Hamilton Ave.,
Palo Alto, CA
Dvořák: Serenade in D minor
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major
A homage to Mozart, Dvořák’s Serenade in D minor is
filled with Slavonic rhythms and displays the composer’s gift for graceful
melodies. Brahms’s Serenade No. 2 in A Major, written for an orchestra without
violins, is a warm, gracious work colored by the darker hues of our lower
strings and woodwinds. In contrast, Hector Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras
No.5 is scored for eight cellos and soprano, whose lush wordless vocalize
floats hauntingly over the cello choir.
Cost: Free
