26th Daejeon International Music Festival: Extremes and Everything In Between

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## Extremes and Everything Between — Residency Program II This program journeys across the farthest poles of musical expression, exploring the full spectrum of human emotion and time that lies between them. It asks how tradition and modernity, simplicity and complexity, darkness and light can flow together as one — from the primal voice of folk music, through the taut energy of the Baroque, the restrained grief of the Renaissance, contemporary reflection, and finally the bright vitality of Classicism. Rather than standing apart, these different eras and aesthetics illuminate and resonate with one another along a single, continuous thread. **Telemann's Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra in G Major, TWV 51:G9** is one of the most significant Baroque viola concertos in existence, elegantly showcasing the instrument's warm tone and technical range across four movements of lyricism, energy, and characteristic Baroque balance. **Bach's Concerto for Violin, Strings, and Continuo in D minor, BWV 1052R** is believed to be a reconstruction of a lost original violin concerto. Fierce energy, intricate counterpoint, and dramatic contrasts make it a quintessential statement of Baroque concerto writing. **Dowland's "If My Complaints Could Passions Move"** is an iconic song of the Renaissance era. Through restrained melody, it captures the ache of unrequited love and deep loss with a timeless emotional resonance. **Britten's Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of Dowland, Op. 48a** builds upon Dowland's melody to bridge past and present. Through modern harmonies and delicate variations, it reframes the original's emotion through a fresh lens while drawing out the viola's richest expressive depths. **Schubert's Rondo in A Major, D.438** brings the program to a bright close, offering a warm contrast to the darker, more introspective works that precede it. Rooted in deep admiration for Mozart and the folk spirit of Vienna, it balances Classical elegance with Romantic lyricism — a song of hope and joy for life. Together, these works from different eras and traditions ultimately show that the old and new, sorrow and delight, past and present can coexist within a single, unbroken flow. --- **PROGRAM** G. P. Telemann / Concerto for solo viola and string orchestra in G Major, TWV 51:G9 I. Largo — II. Allegro — III. Andante — IV. Presto J. S. Bach / Concerto for solo violin, strings, and continuo in D

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