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This movement erupts on a huge upward glissando followed by massive, savage chords evoking Rite of Spring’s violent energy. The lyrical second movement dismisses the orchestra’s heavy-duty instruments in favor of woodwinds (flutes especially), strings and the harp. Framed by gracefully witty music in Stravinsky’s balletic style is the music he originally conceived for the apparition of the Virgin Mary scene in the Song of Bernadette. This movement is linked to the finale by a brief interlude for strings and woodwinds swelling into a big crescendo. Your support has made us the area’s premier provider of services for older adults for over 130 years. “The beginning of the [third] movement is partly and in some inexplicable way a musical reaction to the newsreels and documentaries I had seen…” Volunteers are needed to represent Keswick at community outreach events. Only a few hours of commitment will make a big impact. Stravinsky again: “The beginning of the [third] movement is partly and in some inexplicable way a musical reaction to the newsreels and documentaries I had seen of goose-stepping soldiers. The square march beat, the brass-band instrumentation, the grotesque crescendo in the tuba, these are all related to those abhorrent pictures. … In spite of contrasting episodes … the march music predominates until the fugue, which is the stasis and turning point. The immobility at the beginning of this fugue is comic … and so, to me, was the overturned arrogance of the Germans when their machine failed. … The end of the Symphony [is] associated in my plot with the rise of the Allies,” and the big-band final chord proclaims “my extra exuberance in the Allied triumph.” WILL YOU JOIN US? YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! To Volunteer Contact: 410-662-4380 | [email protected] 伀猀栀攀爀 䰀椀昀攀氀漀渀最 䰀攀愀爀渀椀渀最 䤀渀猀琀椀琀甀琀攀 䄀吀 吀伀圀匀伀一 唀一䤀嘀䔀刀匀䤀吀夀 䐀愀礀琀椀洀攀 䌀漀甀爀猀攀猀Ⰰ 䰀攀挀琀甀爀攀猀Ⰰ 䈀漀漀欀 䌀氀甀戀猀Ⰰ 䐀椀猀挀甀猀猀椀漀渀 䜀爀漀甀瀀猀Ⰰ 䐀愀礀 吀爀椀瀀猀Ⰰ 匀漀挀椀愀氀 愀渀搀 䌀甀氀琀甀爀愀氀 䄀挀琀椀瘀椀琀椀攀猀 昀漀爀 倀攀漀瀀氀攀 㔀　 愀渀搀 伀氀搀攀爀 匀瀀爀椀渀最Ⰰ 匀甀洀洀攀爀Ⰰ 䘀愀氀氀 䴀甀猀椀挀Ⰰ 䄀爀琀 䠀椀猀琀漀爀礀Ⰰ 䰀椀琀攀爀愀琀甀爀攀Ⰰ  䘀椀氀洀Ⰰ 倀栀椀氀漀猀漀瀀栀礀Ⰰ 刀攀氀椀最椀漀渀Ⰰ  匀漀挀椀愀氀 匀挀椀攀渀挀攀猀Ⰰ 一愀琀甀爀愀氀 匀挀椀攀渀挀攀猀 䌀氀愀猀猀攀猀 栀攀氀搀 愀琀 㜀㐀　　 夀漀爀欀 刀漀愀搀 䔀愀猀椀氀礀 䄀挀挀攀猀猀椀戀氀攀 倀愀爀欀椀渀最 䌀愀氀氀 漀爀 眀爀椀琀攀 昀漀爀 愀 挀愀琀愀氀漀最 琀漀搀愀礀℀ 㐀㄀　ⴀ㜀　㐀ⴀ㌀㘀㠀㠀 漀猀栀攀爀䀀琀漀眀猀漀渀⸀攀搀甀 眀眀眀⸀琀漀眀猀漀渀⸀攀搀甀⼀漀猀栀攀爀 Instrumentation: Two flutes, piccolo, two oboes, three clarinets including bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, piano and strings. September–November 2016 | O v ertur e 25