Season Concert 1Strings in Motion

Sunday, September 14, 2025 3:00 pm

Penn State Recital Hall

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time icon53 minutes, including intermission

Join PCO and the Nittany Ballet as we tell stories through sound and movement. Enjoy the lush sounds of Coleridge-Taylor’s Novelette No. 1 and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, contrasted with the crisp, rhythmic Danses Concertantes by Stravinsky. Don’t miss this dynamic journey through romantic lyricism and modern energy!

Concert Facts:

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Coleridge-Taylor's Four Novelettes features string orchestra with tambourine and triangle. Composed in 1901–1902, the work infuses romantic sentimentality with a modern string orchestra. 

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Stravinsky's Danses Concertantes was composed in 1941 as a commission from the Werner Janssen Symphony. It wasn't until 1944 that the work was choreographed by George Balanchine and performed as a ballet. 

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Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings offers a nineteenth-century complement to the previously heard Novelette. This four-movement work combines an homage to Mozart, a Viennese waltz, and a folk influences within a larger, four-movement classical structure.

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    Nittany Deck

    The Penn State Recital Hall is located near the northwest corner of the campus, and visitor parking is available at the Nittany Parking Deck for an hourly rate. ALL SURFACE LOTS ON THE UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS ARE RESERVED. Please use one of the parking decks designated for visitors.

    Patrons with mobility impairments may be dropped off in front of the Music Buildings at Allen Road. Handicap-accessible parking spaces are available in the Nittany deck. State-issued disability parking placards are required for access to the handicap-accessible parking spaces.

    For information regarding parking during the day, campus maps, one-day visitor parking passes, and change for parking meters, please visit any of the parking kiosks on campus.

    Smoking is not permitted in any of the School of Music facilities.

    Food and beverages are not permitted in the audience seating area.


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Program

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Novelette No. 1
  • Igor Stravinsky, with choreography by Paul Gibson, Rebecca Maciejczyk, and Jennifer Bryan MuccitelliDanses Concertantes
  • P. I. TchaikovksySerenade for Strings

Artists

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The Pennsylvania Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra

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Gerardo Edelstein

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Nittany Ballet

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