Symphony Concert
Sunday, April 24, 2PM
Chimacum School Auditorium (91 W Valley Rd, Chimacum)
Doors will open to the public at 1:15.
The program opens with the Northwest premiere of Celebration Fanfare by Jeff Manookian. The concert will feature a rarely performed horn concerto by Alan Hovhaness performed by Bruce Kelley. Hovhaness was an Armenian-American composer who spent the last few decades of his life in the Northwest. Our program includes another Northwest premiere, a piece by Sonya Leonore Stahl who is not only a composer but a research scientist. Lastly, we will play a piece by Florence Price who is the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Our program also includes works by: Giovanni Gabrieli, Ralph Vaughn Williams, Antonín Dvořák, Ermanno Wolf Ferrari and Jean Sibelius.
Read the article from the Peninsula Daily News.
Open seating. No reservations needed. Vax cards will be checked. The wearing of high quality masks will be required.
On the Program
- Brass ensemble pieces by Manookian and Gabrieli
- Fantasia on Greensleeves by R. Vaughan Williams
- Artik, Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra by Alan Hovhaness with Bruce Kelley, soloist
- Drosera by Sonya Leonore Stahl
- Impromptu by Jean Sibelius
- Notturno by Antonín Dvořák
- Serenade by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari
- The Old Boatman by Florence Smith Price
PTSO concerts are free to attend. Donations are gratefully accepted.
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