P r o g r a m N o t e s
As concertmaster of various orchestras in the San Francisco Bay Area, I have often contributed program notes for concert performances. Here is a selection of my notes which I have usually tried to make more entertaining than too earnestly scholarly or musicological. As a sample of my style, I suggest reading first my piece on Vaughan Williams' The Wasps to get a flavor.
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Brahms Variations on a Theme By Haydn
Brahm Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor
Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major
Mendelssohn Reformation Symphony in D major
Mozart Overture to "The Magic Flute"
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Pathétique
Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra