Praise in Heaven, Joy on Earth!

Saturday, May 18, 2013—8:00 PM

Sunday, May 19, 2013—4:00 PM

William Schrickel, conductor
Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor
Minnesota Chorale (Kathy Saltzman Romey, Artistic Director)
Student musicians from South View Middle School, Matt Pearson, Director (Students performing at Edina concert only)

PROGRAM

Ludwig van Beethoven – Ode to Joy from Symphony #9 in D minor, op. 125
      Student musicians from South View Middle School (Edina concert only)

Antonin Dvořák – Te Deum, op. 103 for Soprano, Bass, Chorus and Orchestra
      Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor
      Rachel Daddio, soprano
      Steven Marking, bass

Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony #9 in D minor, op. 125
     William Schrickel, conductor
     Deborah Carbaugh, soprano
     Mary Monson, alto
     Richard Joseph, tenor
     Philip Zawisza, bass 

Kathy Saltzman Romey, Artistic Director of the Minnesota Chorale, takes to the podium to conduct Dvořák's Te Deum, a jubilant setting of the 1700-year-old prayer of praise and thanksgiving attributed to Saint Nicetas. Dvořák conducted the premiere of his Te Deum in New York in 1892. Beethoven broke all the rules of symphonic composition in 1824 when he introduced four vocal soloists and a chorus into the finale of his Symphony #9. Friedrich Schiller’s stirring Ode to Joy and the composer’s sublime genius make Beethoven’s Ninth the perfect piece for William Schrickel and the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra to bring down the curtain on the MSO’s 31st season.

Link to concert flyer

Ode to Joy (Final Movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony) Text and Translation

Te Deum (Antonin Dvořák op. 103 for Soprano, Bass, Chorus and Orchestra) Text and Translation