2 past events with the modern classical music tag

Su Chang and her guzheng

Guest Artist: Su Chang, on the guzheng
East meets West. The MSO opens the season with music by living composers as well as the popular La Mer by Claude Debussy. Our guest artist from China, Su Chang, will perform a concerto on the traditional Chinese instrument, the guzheng. Also featured will be Tan Dun’s Internet Symphony, a unique composition commissioned by Google/YouTube, which was first performed by a virtual orchestra on the Internet.
Presenting Sponsor: Old National.

Harpist Emily West will perform Debussy as the Leonard Atherton Concerto Competition Winner.

The Youth Symphony Orchestras of East Central Indiana will be playing alongside the East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra.  Admission is free, and no tickets are needed.  Dessert will be available at intermission.
Our program will be as follows:

YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

“The Path of Wind” from My Neighbor Totoro - Joe Hisaishi

Symphony No. 3, II. Andante - Johannes Brahms

Danse Sacrée for Harp and String Orchestra - Claude Debussy

Emily West, harp

Leonard Atherton Concerto Competition Winner

“Russian Sailor’s Dance” from The Red Poppy - Rheinhold Gliere

INTERMISSION and DESSERT SALE

EAST CENTRAL INDIANA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Overture to “Norma” - Vincenzo Bellini
Side-by-Side with the Youth Symphony Orchestra

Choral Prelude “Wachet auf” - Johann Sebastian Bach

“Love Theme” from Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone

David Blakley, violin

Roses from the South - Johann Strauss, Jr.

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Edvard Grieg

I. Morning Mood
II. The Death of Åse
III. Anitra’s Dance
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King