Listing Description: Italian Nights presents Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri Overture, Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, and Berlioz’s Harold in Italy, commissioned for Berlioz by virtuoso violinist Niccolò Paganini in 1834, and featuring The Symphony’s Principal Violist Kimberly Fredenburgh.
Tickets start as low as $25. Half-priced tickets for children 6 to 14 years of age can be purchased through The Symphony Box Office at 505.983.1414.
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
L’Italiana in Algeri Overture
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op.90 “Italian”
I. Allegro vivace
II. Andante con moto
III. Con moto moderato
IV. Saltarello: Presto
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Harold in Italy, Symphony with Viola obliggato, op.16
I. Harold in the Mountains
II. March of the Pilgrims
III. Serenade of the Abruzzi mountaineer to his mistress
IV. Orgy of the Brigands
Kimberly Fredenburgh, Viola
