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MAGIC OF MUSIC
​Saturday, February 29, 2020
7:30 p.m.

INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE  
Dining Room (GET DIRECTIONS) 
Dr. William LaRue Jones 
    Conductor/ Music Director
Dr. Henry Charles Smith
    Guest Conductor

WE KICKED OFF THE NEW YEAR WITH MAGIC OF MUSIC!
MOZART’S “MAGIC FLUTE OVERTURE” AND JOHNNY MERCER’S “OLD BLACK MAGIC”.
WE FEATURED WORKS BY BARTOK, HOLST, AND VAUGHAN WILLIAMS THAT UNDOUBTEDLY
​CAST A GLORIOUS SPELL ON ALL WHO ATTENDED.


DR. JONES AND FERNANDO TRABA PLAYED THE DEITTER BASSOON DUO!   
FERNANDO JOINED US FROM THE SARASOTA SYMPHONY TO PLAY A DUO WITH DR. JONES.  
GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN AND CONDUCTOR, Henry Charles Smith, CAPTIVATED
US WITH HIS MUSICAL EXPERTISE DURING THIS PIECE.  WHAT AN HONOR IT WAS TO HAVE HIM AS OUR GUEST


MAGIC TRICKS BY WILLIAM THE CONJURER PROVED
THAT THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE!
  
THE SPELLBINDING CONTINUED DURING THE INTERMISSION

Program

​The Magic Flute-Overture, K. 620 by wolfgang amadeus mozart
featuring magic by William the Conjurer

meet William

St. Paul Suite in C Major, Op. 29, No. 2 by gustav holst
Jig-Ostinato-Intermezzo-Finale (The Dargason)

That Old Black Magic by Harold Arlen 
arranged by David Sharp

Five Variants of "Dives of Lazarus" by Ralph Vaughn Williams
​

intermission
​

Concerto for Two Bassoons and Orchestra by Christian Ludwig Dietter
         FEATURING DR. WILLIAM LARUE JONES AND Fernando Traba
I. Allegro
II. Romanze-Adagio
III. Rondo-Allegro

meet dr. jones
meet Fernando

Romanian Folk Dances by BELA BARTOK
Joc cu bata; Braul; Pe-loc; Buciumeana
Poarga romaneasca; Maruntel, Maruntel

Sponsored in part by Mary Beth Hammer and Linda Montgomery
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    • Divas Who Dish
    • The Symphony Ball
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    • Personal Season Ticket
    • Family Season Ticket
    • May Concert
    • March Concert
  • PLAN YOUR VISIT
    • What to Expect
    • Recommendations
  • ABOUT
    • Conductor
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    • Musicians
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    • Young Artist Competition
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