Debussy and Prokofiev, January 16-17 Holland Performing Arts Center, Joseph Young, conductor and Robert Young saxophone. The conductor was a guest conductor and the saxophonist as well. They are brothers.
The concert was performed at the Holland Center. It wasn't completely full, but very close. I have never attended an adult orchestra concert other than when they play and I am singing. Such was the case in Kingman. This was a new experience. I had good company, my granddaughter, who got free tickets for playing in a youth orchestra. I did attend her own concert before Christmas.
They played three pieces. 1. Claude Debussey, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun." This was a shorter ten minute piece. It was very dream like, fairy like as it was composed to represent a poem about a faun's dream of two nymphs. Camberly like this number best. The program says it was revolutionary when it came out with advancing music style.
2. Guillaume Connesson, "A Kind of Trane--Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra." It has three movements, I. There is None Other, II. Ballade and III. Coltrane on the Dance Floor. It is written as a orchestral tribute to John Coltrane. It s very interesting as the saxophone is often going all over the place in contrast to the base and percussion which keep their steady beats. This the the piece I preferred.
3. Sergei Prokofiev, "Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, op. 100, with four movements: I. Andante, II. Allegro moderato, III. Adagio, IV Allegro giocoso. The program said this was a 45 minute piece, but it seemed to go much quicker. It is written by a Russian composer during WWII. When it was first played they had to wait for a cannonade which marked the crossing of the Vistula River in Poland, marking a turning point in the war. Many consider Prokofiev's fifth symphony to be his best.
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| Saxophonist during the bows |
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