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Our Resident Conductor Lucas Waldin conducts Weber's groundbreaking overture to Der Freischütz, and Mozart's Masonic Funeral Music, a mature work written for a friend and fellow Mason. Our Principal Oboe Lidia Khaner performs Mozart's elegant Oboe Concerto. Tchaikovsky adapted Mozart's music for his engaging "Mozartiana" Suite, and Vivaldi's variations on a popular Spanish tune were inspired by the great Italian composer Corelli.

Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
Vivaldi: Variations on "La Folia"
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana"
Weber: Der Freischütz: Overture

$65 Dress Circle (A)
$53 Terrace (B)
$39 Orchestra (C)
$25 Upper Circle (D)
$20 Orchestra Front (F)
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The next Midweek Classics performance is May 26, 2010.

Program Information

Weber: Der Freischütz: Overture (10')*

Mozart: Oboe Concerto (21')*
Lidia Khaner, oboe

Intermission

Vivaldi: Variations on "La Folia" (7')*

Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music (6')*

Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" (25')*

*Indicates approximate performance duration

Artist Information

The 2009/10 season marks the first for Lucas Waldin as Resident Conductor for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. This mentorship position is made possible through the Canada Council for the Arts. Mr. Waldin graduated in 2006 from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Masters in Conducting. He has performed with L'Orchestre du Festival Beaulieu-Sur-Mer (Monaco), Staatstheater Cottbus (Brandenburg), and Bachakademie Stuttgart. Lucas was assistant conductor of the contemporary orchestra RED (Cleveland), director of the Cleveland Bach Consort, and a Discovery Series Conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival. In 2007, he was invited to conduct the Miami-based New World Symphony Orchestra in masterclasses given by Michael Tilson Thomas. In Lucerne in 2009, he also participated in a masterclass led by Bernard Haitink, with the Lucerne Festival Strings.

A native of Toronto, Lucas Waldin has spent summers studying in Europe, including studies at the International Music Academy in Leipzig, the Bayreuth Youth Orchestra, and the Acanthes New Music Festival in France. On this continent, he has studied under the renowned Bach conductor Helmut Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival, and has attended conducting masterclasses with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto. Mr. Waldin received a Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from the Cleveland Institute, studying with Joshua Smith.