Details:Location: Trinity Anglican Church, 79 Victoria Street in the town of Aurora, 1 block east of Yonge Street south of Wellington Street.
Guest Artist ..... Elissa Miller-Kay, Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven's First Symphony, although greatly influenced by Mozart and Haydn, is innovative for its time and shows Beethoven as a composer with developing ideas that achieve high drama and intensity.
The Fourth Piano Concerto is characterized by its gently spoken, poetic, and seemingly improvisatory nature. This is in contrast to the brilliance of the 3 earlier concerti and the grandeur of the fifth, the Emperor
The Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius is an example of the logic, the concentration and relation of harmonic structure he felt every piece of music should possess. The work is known for the swinging figure in octaves and ninths of the final movement which was inspired by the sight of a flock of flying swans, which Sibelius described in a sketchbook as : "One of my greatest experiences! Lord God, that beauty!