Music of the Baroque: Birds, Frogs, Crickets, & Dogs

Music of the Baroque: Birds, Frogs, Crickets, & Dogs

The animal kingdom comes alive through charming works for orchestra under the direction of Principal Guest Conductor Nicholas Kraemer. Dogs bark in Vivaldi’s “Spring” Concerto from the famous Four Seasons. Crickets chirp in Telemann’s unusually scored Cricket Symphony, while frogs ribbit in his virtuosic concerto for violin. Delight in the “clucking” and “scratching” in Haydn’s Hen Symphony, which closes the program on a wonderfully humorous note.

VIVALDI           Violin Concerto in E Major (Spring)
TELEMANN     Cricket Symphony
VIVALDI           Flute Concerto in D Major (The Goldfinch)
TELEMANN     Violin Concerto in A Major (The Frogs)
HAYDN            Symphony No. 83 in G Minor (The Hen)

Music of the Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Gina DiBello, violin
Mary Stolper, flute