TCHAIKOVSKY & TESTIMONY
2022-2023 Season at a Glance
Saturday, May 6, 2023 7:30 PM
Andrew Sewell, conductor
Anthony Yi, saxophone
HINDEMITH- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
BANFIELD- Testimony of Tone, Tune, and Time (West Coast Premiere)
TCHAIKOVSKY- Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Concluding the season are two masterpieces that highlight the orchestra – Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No.4. A newly commissioned work for two narrators, saxophone, piano, harp, percussion and strings by William Banfield will have its West Coast premiere. Based upon and inspired by, the speeches of Frederick Douglass, Testimony of Tone, Tune and Time received its world premiere on July 13th, 2022.
Sponsored By Martha Michalojko Kettelkamp and Richard Andrews