Amici Strings Concert

ABOUT THE EVENT

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in D Minor, RV565

Jean Sibelius, Impromptu for String Orchestra

Henry Purcell, “When I am laid in earth” (Dido’s Lament) from Dido and Aeneas

George Frideric Handel, “Svegliatevi nel core” from Giulio Cesare

     ≈ Interval ≈

C. Hubert Parry, Minuet from An English Suite, for string orchestra

Edvard Grieg, Suite of Norwegian Melodies

Carlos Gardel, “Por una Cabeza,” arr. Grigg

Leroy Anderson, Jazz Legato and Jazz Pizzicato

Founded in 2015, Amici Strings is a group of Philadelphia-area “friends” who spend their summer evenings rehearsing and performing traditional and innovative string repertoire. Stuard Young conducts.