Revolutions Old & New
Nov. 8, 2026, 4 pm, Glens Falls High School
We celebrate “Revolutions”, music that revolutionized cultures and the arts. There is Beethoven’s Eroica written in the passions of post-Revolution Europe, and then Mozart and his Figaro, the opera that tweaked and challenged the aristocracy. We will shake the strings as they oscillate between notes in John Adams ‘ Shaker Loops, along with the music which revolutionized American Ballet – Copland’s Appalachian Spring.
The Glens Falls Symphony
Charles Peltz, Music Director/Conductor
Featuring Opera Singer and Seagle Fesitval Alumni Xander McRae, Baritone
Performance Length: 90 Minutes
Ludwig van Beethoven, Eroica Mvt. 1 (1803)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture & 2 Arias from Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Intermission (15 Minutes)
John Adams, Shaker Loops 4. Final Shaking (1982)
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring (1943)
John Adams, American Composer
Xander McRae, Baritone