Mozart in Prague

Maria Fuller, Conductor
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra

Filmed, live streamed, and performed from St John’s Cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on Treaty 6 Territory and the homeland of the Métis.
Maria Fuller’s performance is supported by a generous donation by Morgan Privacy Consulting.

The Programme

Don Giovanni, K. 527 – Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Serenade No. 11 for Winds in E-flat Major, K. 375

I. Allegro maestoso
II. Menuetto
III. Adagio
IV. Menuetto
V. Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 44

I. Allegro con spirito
II. Tempo di minuet – Trio. Presto
III. Andante con moto
IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Antonín Dvořák

This Concert Includes

Flute

  • Allison Miller, Principal
  • Brenda Moats

Oboe

  • Erin Brophey, Principal
  • Kevin Junk

Clarinet

  • Margaret Wilson, Principal
  • Gilles Turcotte

Bassoon

  • Stephanie Unverricht, Principal
  • Marie Sellar

Horn

  • Carol-Marie Cottin, Principal
  • Arlene Shiplett
  • Erin McVittie

Cello

  • Scott McKnight

Bass

  • Richard Carnegie, Principal

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Program Notes

Meeting Maria Fuller

As a young musician, Maria Fuller was a force of nature in Saskatchewan growing up. From one of the province’s most musical families, Maria was a pianist of such note…

Dvorak’s Serenade for Winds

Born in the Czech village of Nelahozeves on the banks of Vltava River just north of Prague, Antonin Dvořák pursued an intense love of music from the very beginning. His…

Mozart’s Serenade for Winds in E Flat

In the late Fall of 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was surprised in the late evening by a group of musicians who had gathered outside the window of his Vienna lodgings…

Prague’s Don Giovanni

Commissioned after the overwhelming success of his trip to Prague in January and February of 1787, Mozart’s Don Giovanni was originally to have been performed on October 14th of that…

Mozart’s Love of Prague

If one were able to ask Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart why some of his contemporaries were not fans of his music, hearsay might incline one to believe that he would bat…

What’s Next

Johannes Passion
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7:30PM, Sunday, April 7, 2024
YXE Divas
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7:30PM, Saturday, April 20, 2024
Beethoven 9 at 200
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7:30PM, Saturday, May 4, 2024
Torch Songs
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7:30PM, Saturday, May 25, 2024

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SaskCulture

City of Saskatoon

The continuing support of

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The incredible support of

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The Frank & Ellen Remai Foundation

and all our donors and patrons!

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