Boca Raton Symphoniaphoto by Robert Stolpe
Lawrence Dillon
The Boca Raton Symphonia presents: CONNOISSEUR Concert 5 - April 21, 2013 - 4 pm; Constantine Kitsopoulos, Guest Conductor, Ilana Setapen, Violin Soloist
Program:
DILLON Amadeus ex Machina
DVORAK Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
Lawrence Dillon's Amadeus ex Machina for chamber orchestra is a whimsical re-imagining of Mozart's 40th
symphony from the perspective of a sophisticated - but somewhat
disoriented - machine. Themes are mixed and matched in odd
combinations, key centers are skewed in unexpected directions, and the
entire composition is condensed into a ten-minute soundbite. It was premiered at Wake Forest University on May 3, 2002. The
work was a awarded a special commendation by the 2003 Masterprize panel
in London, and was chosen as contemporary competition piece for the
2002 Vakhtang Jordania International Conducting Competition in Kharkov,
Ukraine. It received its Russian premiere on March 20th, 2005 by the
St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic. Ticket information here.