Event Calendar
THE PINES OF ROME
Saturday, April 23, 2022, 7:30 pm
Diane Wittry, Conductor
Hector Olivera, Organ
Allentown Symphony Chorus | David Macbeth, Interim Chorus Master
Allentown Band Brass
Horn: Cheryl Pierce, Johanna Reisteter, Nancy Meckstroth, Mark Syslo
Cornet: Greg Seifert, Jeff Wohlbach
Flugel Horn: DeVaughn Roberts, Doug Matz
Trombone: Caitlin Heckman, Colin Worrich, Daniel Neuenschwander
Euphonium: Clearnce Weber, Jeremy Walsh
P R O G R A M
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Festive Overture, Op. 96
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
Novelletten No. 3 for Strings and Percussion, Op. 52, No. 3
JOHN RUTTER
Gloria for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra
Gloria in excelsis Deo: Allegro vivace
Domine Deus: Andante
Quoniam tu solus sanctus: Vivace e ritmico
Soprano Soloist TBD
Allentown Symphony Chorus
— I N T E R M I S S I O N —
ERIC EWAZEN
Concertino for Organ and Orchestra
Allegro energico
Allegro moderato
Organ Soloist: Hector Olivera
(WORLD PREMIERE COMMISSIONED FOR THE ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY BY THE ALLEN ORGAN COMPANY)
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome
The Pines of the Villa Borghese
Pines near a Catacomb
The Pines of the Janiculum
The Pines of the Appian Way
Played without pause
Allentown Band Brass
Joanna Cochenet, Conducting Fellow
Biography