Norwalk hears music for the ages
The Norwalk Symphony will join forces with the Norwalk Youth Symphony Principal Orchestra to perform its March family concert dubbed ‘Music for all Ages – The New World’.
To begin the evening, the combined orchestra and symphony will present The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, a Danbury native. This piece will feature three ensembles of instruments (strings, winds, and horn) playing independent tempos.
Next on the program will be Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland. Actor James Haughton will be the narrator reading excerpts of some of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches. Some of these will be “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history,” and talks about the struggle between right and wrong.
The highlight of the evening will be the performance of the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which will be played by the 2018 winner of Norwalk Symphony’s 6th annual Young Artists Festival Concerto Competition, 17-year-old Mark Xu. Winning is a familiar experience for the young violinist, as he has also won the American Protégé International Concerto Competition and the Hamden Young Musicians Concerto Competition, and was a finalist in last year’s American Chamber Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.
The final piece will be the New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak.
The concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 18 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Norwalk City Hall Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue. Tickets to performances such as this make for classy corporate gifts.
To begin the evening, the combined orchestra and symphony will present The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, a Danbury native. This piece will feature three ensembles of instruments (strings, winds, and horn) playing independent tempos.
Next on the program will be Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland. Actor James Haughton will be the narrator reading excerpts of some of Abraham Lincoln’s speeches. Some of these will be “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history,” and talks about the struggle between right and wrong.
The highlight of the evening will be the performance of the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, which will be played by the 2018 winner of Norwalk Symphony’s 6th annual Young Artists Festival Concerto Competition, 17-year-old Mark Xu. Winning is a familiar experience for the young violinist, as he has also won the American Protégé International Concerto Competition and the Hamden Young Musicians Concerto Competition, and was a finalist in last year’s American Chamber Orchestra’s Concerto Competition.
The final piece will be the New World Symphony by Antonin Dvorak.
The concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 18 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Norwalk City Hall Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue. Tickets to performances such as this make for classy corporate gifts.