Democratic Vistas

Timothy Farrand, conductor

Friday, April 19, 7:30 pm

Bellefonte Area High School - Theatre

Copland: Our Town

Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104

Kim Cook, cello soloist

Still: Symphony No. 2 in G minor “Song of a New Race”

Kim Cook, cello

Tickets: Adults: $25; Students: $5


NVS Family Concert

Timothy Farrand, Conductor

Sunday, February 25, 2024, 3 p.m.

Bellefonte Area High School - Theatre

NVS presents “In the Hall of the Mountain King” an exploration of Edvard Grieg and his friends.

Grieg’s Norwegian Dances and Peer Gynt including Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Johan Svendsen’s Norwegian Folk Melody

Percy Grainger’s Irish Tune from County Derry

This concert is designed for the whole family and will last approximately one hour.

Adults: $10; Students: FREE

NVS “Elgar’s Enigma”

Timothy Farrand, Conductor

January 23, 2024 – 7:30 pm - Eisenhower Auditorium 

(We highly recommend online purchase of tickets. Please click the link in the “Tickets” tab)


Mendelssohn, Felix                              Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, op. 27

(1809-1847)                                                    

Saint-Saëns, Camille                             Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 22 —    Timothy Shafer, soloist

(1835-1921)                                                                                   

                                                                                   I. Andante sostenuto

                                                                                    II. Allegro scherzando

                                                                                    III. Presto

                                                                                    Timothy Shafer, soloist

INTERMISSION

Elgar, Edward                                      Enigma Variations, op. 36 (Variations on an Original Theme)

(1857-1934)                                                                        

                                                                                    Enigma: Andante

      Var.I. "C.A.E." L'istesso tempo

      II. "H.D.S.- P." Allegro

      III. "R.B.T." Allegretto

      IV. "W.M.B." Allegro di molto

      V. "R.P.A." Moderato

      VI. "Ysobel" Andantino

      VII. "Troyte" Presto

      VIII. "W.N." Allegretto

      IX. "Nimrod" Moderato

      X. "Dorabella - Intermezzo" Allegretto

      XI. "G.R.S." Allegro di molto

      XII. "B.G.N." Andante

      XIII. " *** - Romanza" Moderato

      XIV. "E.D.U." - Finale


NVS Encore Ensemble Celebrates the Holiday Season

Friday, December 8, 8:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church of Bellefonte

203 N. Spring Street, Bellefonte

Saturday, December 9, 1:00 pm

Church of the Good Shepherd

867 Gray’s Woods Boulevard, Port Matilda

These concerts have been funded by the

Music Performance Trust Fund


“ROMANTICISM”

Sunday, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

3:00pm

at BELLEFONTE AREA HIGH SCHOOL THEATER

Tickets: $25 Adults; $5 Students

Mark Your Calendars!

Schumann, Robert - Manfred, op.115: Overture

(1810-1856)                

Schubert, Franz - Symphony No. 8 (7) in B minor (Unfinished), D. 759

(1797-1828)

   I. Allegro moderato

   II. Andante con moto   

                                                                                             

INTERMISSION

Wagner, Richard - Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91

  (arr. Mottl/Wagner)

  (1813-1883)                

Julia Wolcott, solo soprano

   1. Der Engel (G major)

  2. Stehe still (C minor)

3. Im Treibhaus (D minor)

4. Schmerzen (C minor)

5. Träume (A-flat major)

 

Svendsen, Johan - Romeo and Juliet Fantasie, op.18

(1840-1911)   


 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN THE AUDIENCE!