Program 3:
Old Dances in New Shoes

Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 8 pm
Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 3 pm
at Faneuil Hall, Boston

Free preconcert lecture one hour before each concert by Mary Ann Nichols.

• HAYDN: Symphony No. 10 in D major
• GORDON BOWIE: Concerto for Serpent: Old Dances in
  New Shoes (Douglas Yeo, serpent)
• HANDEL: “O Ruddier Than the Cherry”
  (Douglas Yeo, ophicleide)
• MOZART: Symphony No. 29 in A major
  

“The sensible size of the orchestra and Faneuil Hall’s candid acoustic liberated countless details that one doesn’t usually hear.  Because Steven Lipsitt heard them, so did we.”
 - The Boston Globe

Boston Symphony bass trombonist Douglas Yeo has mastered long-extinct wind instruments, among them the serpent and the ophicleide.  Gordon Bowie’s Concerto for Serpent: “Old Dances in New Shoes” was written for Yeo and is being premiered on this program.  Handel’s “O Ruddier Than the Cherry” showcases Yeo on the ophicleide.  Steven Lipsitt and the BCO open the program with Haydn’s Symphony No. 10 and close with Mozart’s Symphony No. 29.

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