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WHAT’S ON THE PROGRAM?
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R A V I N I A F A M I L Y F U N G U I D E
The
title
is the name of
the piece or song that will be
performed. Often you will find
the musical key that piece is
played in next to the title. (A key
tells the musicians which notes
they will be using most of the
time.) It may give a number that
identifies the place the work
holds in a composer’s output.
Sometimes it will specify the
instrument that is featured in
the piece.
The
composer
is the person who
wrote the music.
They write notes the
musicians will play
on their instruments,
just as a writer uses
words to tell a story.
The
guest
artist
is the
featured musician
of the evening.
Many times this
will be a famous
instrumentalist or
singer who is the
soloist with the
orchestra. There
can be more than
one guest artist on
a concert.
The
conductor
directs the
entire orchestra and interprets
the music. The conductor’s baton
and hand movements tell the
musicians what to do. He or she
sets the tempo (which is how fast
or slow the music is played) and
dynamics (how loud or soft), along
with a hundred other details.
The conductor makes sure that
all the musicians in the orchestra
play together like one great, big
instrument.
7:30 PM SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko,
conductor
Simon Trpčeski,
piano
Strauss
Don Juan
Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67