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PSO TUESDAY CLASSICAL CONCERT ON APRIL 1
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PORTLAND, Maine – On Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. the Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents a program celebrating the spirit of Russia, conducted by PSO Artistic Advisor Joseph Silverstein. The program will include Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka’s brilliant overture to the opera Russlan and Ludmilla, called “the most seminal work in the history of Russian music,” Dmitri Shostakovich’s bright and joyful Symphony No. 9, and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 featuring 20-year-old pianist Yuja Wang, recipient of the prestigious 2006 Gilmore Young Artist Award. Piano Concerto No. 3 is considered by many to be one of the most difficult and complex piano concertos.
The San Francisco Chronicle declared, “…Wang has the energetic, fearless imagination of youth and the probing sensitivity that in most artists comes only with maturity… To hear an artist so extravagantly gifted on every front is to realize how much compromise is usually involved in hearing even the most impressive virtuosos.”
Violinist and conductor Joseph Silverstein, widely regarded as one of Boston's most influential musical citizens while serving as concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the orchestras at New England Conservatory. He is also currently Principal Guest Conductor of Seattle's Northwest Chamber Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Utah Symphony. Much sought after as a consultant to orchestras, Silverstein has served as artistic advisor to the Hartford, Kansas City, Louisville, Baltimore, Toledo, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Winnipeg and Oakland symphonies. Maestro Silverstein will lead the Concert Conversation at 6:15 p.m. in the Rehearsal Hall. This is free for all ticket holders.
On Sunday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m. PSO presents its final Sunday Classical concert for the 2007-2008 season, conducted by guest conductor Paul Polivnick. Also in April the popular PSO Pops! will mark this season’s debut of PSO Music Director Designate Robert Moody. The performances will take place Saturday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday April 27 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets for all PSO performances can be ordered online at www.porttix.com, by phone at 207-842-0800, or at the PortTix box office, 20 Myrtle St. , Monday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Discounts are available for students, seniors and groups of 10 or more.
The San Francisco Chronicle declared, “…Wang has the energetic, fearless imagination of youth and the probing sensitivity that in most artists comes only with maturity… To hear an artist so extravagantly gifted on every front is to realize how much compromise is usually involved in hearing even the most impressive virtuosos.”
Violinist and conductor Joseph Silverstein, widely regarded as one of Boston's most influential musical citizens while serving as concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the orchestras at New England Conservatory. He is also currently Principal Guest Conductor of Seattle's Northwest Chamber Orchestra and Conductor Laureate of the Utah Symphony. Much sought after as a consultant to orchestras, Silverstein has served as artistic advisor to the Hartford, Kansas City, Louisville, Baltimore, Toledo, Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Winnipeg and Oakland symphonies. Maestro Silverstein will lead the Concert Conversation at 6:15 p.m. in the Rehearsal Hall. This is free for all ticket holders.
On Sunday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m. PSO presents its final Sunday Classical concert for the 2007-2008 season, conducted by guest conductor Paul Polivnick. Also in April the popular PSO Pops! will mark this season’s debut of PSO Music Director Designate Robert Moody. The performances will take place Saturday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday April 27 at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets for all PSO performances can be ordered online at www.porttix.com, by phone at 207-842-0800, or at the PortTix box office, 20 Myrtle St. , Monday through Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. Discounts are available for students, seniors and groups of 10 or more.
