Chamber music from Vienna, Austria dating from the 18th to 20th centuries is the centerpiece of Bay Atlantic Symphony’s Vienna, Now and Then concert. But the real treat is Maestro Jed Gaylin’s solo performance at the piano while also conducting Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12 in A. Major. Despite the modest nature and scoring of this concerto, it stands out. The second movement is notable for its quotation of a theme from the overture to ‘La calamita de’ cuori’ by Johann Christian Bach, Mozart’s former mentor in London. Jed then continues with the full program, conducting Anton Webern’s Langsamer Satz (literally “Slow Movement”,) dating from 1905. This piece was inspired by the composer’s hiking holiday in the mountains outside of Vienna and expresses a plethora of emotions, from yearning to dramatic turmoil to a tranquil peaceful denouement. Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, one of Haydn’s most expressive Strum und Drang (storm and stress) symphonies, marked by emotion-intensifying devices, closes the Concert.
Saturday, January 21 at 3 pm at Guaracini Performing Arts Center (Rowan
University Cumberland Campus) 3322 College Dr., Vineland.
Sunday, January 22 at 2 pm at Stockton University’s Performing Arts
Center, 101 Vera King Farris Dr., Galloway.
