Metropolitan United Church
Wallace Halladay, Saxophone Soloist | Jennifer Enns-Modolo, Mezzo-soprano |
Eric Paetkau, Conductor
Obsession is a powerful state of mind, one that takes control of and inspires great music. Prokofiev couldn’t stop thinking about perfection in his Symphony No. 1. The melody of Ravel’s Bolero haunted him every waking hour. Schubert’s Gretchen relentlessly spins the wheel waiting for her love. And, in Scott Good’s virtuosic saxophone concerto with soloist Wallace Halladay, Babbitt worries continuously about where he belongs.
Program
Sergei Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1, Op. 25
Franz Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade, Op. 2, D118
Gustav Mahler, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Maurice Ravel, Bolero
Scott Good, Babbitt (Saxophone Concerto)