March Concert
Sunday March 1, 2020 • 3:00 PM William Grant Still Festive Overture W. A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante Simon Gollo, Violin Randolph Kelly, Viola Nicolai Rimski-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Ottorino Respighi Roman Festivals The March Symphony Concert to feature orchestral highlights, a diverse and lavish program ranging from Mozart to William Grant Still, a prominent 20th century African-American composer and two traditional audience favorites. Violinist Simon Gollo and violist Randolph Kelly will be the guest artists in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, considered Mozart’s most successful crossover work between a symphony and a concerto. Gallo is a rising violinist who just recorded his first solo CD, and Kelly is a world renowned violist and principal for the Pittsburgh Symphony. The orchestra will play Festive Overture, by William Grant Still, an African-American composer and conductor with Ohio connections, often referred to as the “Dean of African-American composers. The orchestra is expanding the spectrum of great composers we have not played before or have overlooked,. Also on the concert are Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol and Ottorino Respighi’s Roman Festivals. Capriccio Espagnol is popular in the symphonic world everywhere and will add a hint of Spanish music to the concert. Roman Festivals is the last of Respighi’s Roman trilogy and is a massive, demanding work musically depicting celebrations and events in Rome through the ages.” This will be a concert of exciting orchestra highlights and variety the audience will enjoy. |
All remaining tickets are available only at the Gray Chapel box office starting at 2:00 PM.
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