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April 21, 2006 .
Order Concert Companion for this performance here Our April concert explores two symphonies written in the key of G minor: Mozart's Symphony No. 25, often called "the little G Minor Symphony" and Symphony No. 2 in G Minor by Swedish composer Wilhelm Stenhammer. Mozart's Symphony No. 25 will be familiar to many, in part, because it figured prominently in the film Amadeus. The action of that film opens with Salieri's attempted suicide set against the sharply edged throb of this work's opening passage and the explosive "rocket" theme that follows it. Throughout the symphony, Mozart balances the distraught opening tone with more cheerful episodes, playing these contrasting elements off each other. We'll conclude our series of second symphonies with Wilhelm Stenhammar's highly romantic Symphony No. 2 in G Minor. Stenhammar's works, though not performed frequently outside of Sweden, are very popular in his native land. As The Sunday Times of London wrote: "What Sibelius is to Finland, Nielsen to Denmark and Grieg to Norway, Wilhelm Stenhammar is to Sweden. His Second Symphony counts as perhaps his finest - and certainly his most recorded - work." This concert will also showcase the winner of this year's annual Young Artist Competition (to be held in May).
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