Opening Night

Sat. September 17, 2022 – Pre-concert talk at 7:00PM      Concert at 8:00 PM

Civic Center Music Hall

Concert Details

Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

  • GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Escaramuza
  • BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73, “Emperor
  • RICHARD STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

Guest Artist

NOTES FROM THE MAESTRO

“In our Opening Night we are starting with a bang. A Big Bang. Metaphorically. You all remember Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey 2001. It’s not only an epic story but also features epic classical music, from Johann Strauss to Richard Strauss. The sunrise of our civilization burnt itself into my memory through the open Fifth and following timpani notes of Richard Strauss’ deeply romantic tone poem Also Sprach Zarathustra.  We are welcoming back Garrick Ohlsson, one of the world’s most formidable piano soloists with Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto in E flat major. Grandiose. Timeless. A true classic.”

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