This edition of the program begins in Greensboro, North Carolina, where Dmitri Sitkovetsky has led the orchestra for more than a decade. He welcomes pianist Julia Zilberquist for a rhapsody by Russian composer Sergei Slonimsky. She also treats us to an encore by Marcello as arranged for keyboard by Bach. The concert is bookended by Brahms’ famous variations and Schumann’s sunniest symphony. Then it’s off to Columbia for a highlight from an October 2013 concert by the USC School of Music Symphony featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s well-loved caprice.
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Billboard and introduction to Johannes Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn – Mike McKay and Lauren Rico
BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Introduction to Sergei Slonimsky’s Jewish Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra – Lauren Rico
SLONIMSKY: Jewish Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Julia Zilberquit, piano
Introduction to Adagio from a Concerto for Oboe by Alessandro Marcello – Lauren Rico
MARCELLO: Adagio from Concerto for Oboe
Julia Zilberquit, piano
Break and introduction to Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 in C – Mike McKay and Lauren Rico
SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Introduction to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol – Lauren Rico
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol
USC Symphony Orchestra
Neil Casey, conductor
Introduction to Antonin Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E-Minor – Lauren Rico
DVORAK: Slavonic Dance No. 2 in E-Minor
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
End of the show – Mike McKay and Lauren Rico
