The Omaha Symphony presents its 2017-18
Symphony Joslyn Series in Joslyn’s Witherspoon Concert Hall on six select Sundays, October through May, at 2 pm. Joslyn curators present pre-concert gallery talks at 1 pm and 1:25 pm showcasing works of art inspired by concert themes.
When Haydn met Mozart in 1781, he was blown away the young composer’s audacious talent. “The Hunt” was the first symphony Haydn wrote after their meeting, and it shows. Adventurous rhythms and harmonies cascade through the piece. Insane energy in the finale captures the intensity of the hunt. Tartini’s concerto suggests the splendors of 18th century Venice. Bellissimo!
Courtney Lewis, conductor; Paul Ledwon, cello
TARTINI: Cello Concerto in A Major
HAYDN: Symphony No. 73, “The Hunt”
Gallery Talks
Pre-concert gallery talks with Joslyn curators begin at 1 pm and 1:25 pm in Gallery 7. (participants select one session).
Showcasing:
Alfred Jacob Miller(American, 1810–1874), The Surround, n.d., oil on canvas, Museum purchase, 1963.611
In 1837 William Drummond Stewart (Scottish, 1795–1871) asked Miller to accompany him to the Rocky Mountains and record their adventures at the annual fur trading fair known as the rendezvous. Buffalo hunts were high points of the journey for both men. Miller described a “surround” (a Plains Indian method of hunting):
On reaching a proper distance, a signal is given and they all start at once with frightful yells, and commence racing around the herd, drawing their circle closer and closer, until the whole body is huddled together in confusion. Now they begin firing, and as this throws them into a headlong panic and furious rage, each man selects his animal.
Miller made his pictures in the field with pencil, ink, and watercolors. In his Baltimore studio, he translated many of these into oil paintings for Stewart and, later, for other patrons fascinated by the West. This particular picture is one that Miller executed specifically for Murthly Castle, Stewart’s ancestral home in Scotland. The large size and the durable medium of oil on canvas were undoubtedly dictated by its intended display there.
Tickets
Season tickets are currently on sale.
New subscribers can buy a season ticket package to Symphony Joslyn at $112 (for all six concerts), which is a 50% savings over purchasing them at regular price! To purchase season ticket package contact Ticket Omaha at (402) 345-0606 or visit
omahasymphony.org.
Single tickets will go on sale near Monday, August 14. Regular single tickets for Symphony Joslyn are $33 each. Joslyn members may purchase single concert tickets for $27 each (a 20% savings; to receive the discount). Joslyn Members must call Ticket Omaha to reserve advance single tickets or show your Joslyn membership card if purchasing tickets at the door the day of the concert. This offer is not available to the general public.
Join Joslyn to qualify for this offer.
Upcoming Symphony Joslyn Programs:
March 18, 2018 - Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony
May 20, 2018 - Beethoven’s 8th Symphony