Rimsky-Korsakov and Bruch at SPAC NYSSSA closes our 2019 summer with one colossal orchestral showpiece and one colossal guest artist. Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster, David Kim, joins the orchestra for Bruch’s G minor violin concerto before the orchestra celebrates the end of summer with Rimsky-Korsakov’s stunning orchestra showpiece, “Scheherezade.” Aug 17, 2019
NYSSSA Orchestra 2019 debuts!
Picture It! Our orchestra season in Adrian closes with two works that we’re inspired by visual works of art. Bernstein’s 2nd Symphony was inspired both by Auden’s long form poem “The Age of Anxiety,” which wrestles with the struggles of loneliness in the modern age. Bernstein felt the work was also inspired by Hopper’s “Nighthawks” painting, depicting three lonely souls in an otherwise deserted New York City bar, late in the evening. Scored for piano and orchestra, this work has everything, wandering and lost opening in the clarinets, a jazzy, relentless middle …
Tchaikovsky Mini-Festival: Friday The Adrian Symphony presents our first every mini-festival. We’ll explore the music of Tchaikovsky in three distinct programs. We begin with the brilliant playing of Dominic Cheli as he shares a program of solo piano works by and inspired by Tchaikovsky. Saturday night, we’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s Russian songs for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, presented Kristin Boggs Clark accompanied by Phil Clark on piano. Our full orchestra wraps up this amazing weekend of music with favorite works by the master. Dominic Cheli will dazzle us through Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto—always a …
Tchaikovsky Mini-Festival: Saturday The Adrian Symphony presents our first every mini-festival. We’ll explore the music of Tchaikovsky in three distinct programs. We begin with the brilliant playing of Dominic Cheli as he shares a program of solo piano works by and inspired by Tchaikovsky. Saturday night, we’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s Russian songs for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, presented Kristin Boggs Clark accompanied by Phil Clark on piano. Our full orchestra wraps up this amazing weekend of music with favorite works by the master. Dominic Cheli will dazzle us through Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto—always a …
Tchaikovsky Mini-Festival: Sunday The Adrian Symphony presents our first every mini-festival. We’ll explore the music of Tchaikovsky in three distinct programs. We begin with the brilliant playing of Dominic Cheli as he shares a program of solo piano works by and inspired by Tchaikovsky. Saturday night, we’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s Russian songs for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, presented Kristin Boggs Clark accompanied by Phil Clark on piano. Our full orchestra wraps up this amazing weekend of music with favorite works by the master. Dominic Cheli will dazzle us through Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto—always a …
The American West The Adrian Symphony opens this year with an all-American program of beloved favorites, old and new. Anchoring the program is everyone’s favorite American ballet, “Appalachian Spring,” but it’s joined by two fascinating works: one new and one old. Premiered just this past April, the new violin concerto “The Rose of Sonora,” is a spaghetti western set to a musical score that follows a narrative throughout this colorful story of the American west, bank robbery, a classic double-cross, and revenge. Guest artist Holly Mulcahy will shine as she brings “Rose” …