Newtown Chamber Orchestra to perform September 14 at 2pm
The newly renovated visitors center at Washington Crossing Park. Phone: (215) 493-4076
1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977
The Newtown Chamber Orchestra will kick off a new Sunday afternoon concert series in Washington Crossing Historic Park. The orchestra will perform on Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. in the park’s Visitor Center auditorium.
Tickets range from $25 to $45 and are available at the Visitor Center, located near the intersection of River Road and Rt. 532. The first concert will feature 18th century chamber music. Concerts will be held monthly and feature different musical groups.
Program
Russell Hoffmann, Music Director/Conductor
Water Music – Overture and Suite No. in F Major by George Fridrich Handel
Overture Menuet
Adagio Air
Bourrée Hornpipe
Sinfonia in D minor by Johann Christian Friedrich Bach
Allegro
Andante amoroso
Allegro assai
Sinfonie in F Major Op. 1, No. 5 by Karl Friedrich Abel
Allegro di molto
Andantino
Allegretto
Madison’s March and Mrs. Madison’s Minuet by Alexander Reinagle
arranged by Sam Dennison
Suite for Strings by Benjamin Franklin
Intrata
Menuetto
Capriccio
Menuetto
Siciliano
Dance of the Furies from "Orpheus" by Christoph Gluck
Symphony No. 47 in G Major by Franz Josef Haydn
Allegro
Un poco adagio, cantabile
Menuet al Roverso, Trio al Roverso
Finale
Music in part is on loan from The Carl Fleischer Collection, The Free Library of Philadelphia. This concert is sponsored by The Friends of Washington Crossing Historical Park, Mr. Joseph Capone, Executive Director.