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)