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 that revolutionized American Ballet – Copland’s Appalachian Spring.
The Glens Falls Symphony
Charles Peltz, Music Director/Conductor
Ludwig Van Beethoven, Symphony No.3, “Eroica” I. Allegro con brio (1803)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marriage of Figaro (1786)
Featuring Opera Singer and Seagle Festival Alumnus Xander McRae, Baritone
“Se vuol ballare”
“Non più andrai”
Intermission
John Adams, Shaker Loops (b.1947) (1982)
IV. Final Shaking
Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring Suite (1943; 1945) (1900-1990)
John Adams, American Composer
Xander McRae, Baritone