Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council Upcoming Concerts Mozart, MacDowell, Tchaikovsky, d'Indy Clipper Erickson, Piano October 11, 2008 Roswell Cultural Arts Center Dvořák, Piazzolla, Gounod, Ibert Ashu, saxophone January 31, 2009 Roswell Cultural Arts Center Kabalevsky, Strauss, Creston, Lalo Cicely Parnas, cello March 14, 2009 Roswell Cultural Arts Center Beethoven, Vaughan-Williams, Goldmark Jun Iwasaki, violin April 25, 2009 Oglethorpe University Philip Rice, Music Director Clipper Erickson, Piano October 11, 2008, 8 p.m. Roswell Cultural Arts Center Clipper Erickson has delighted our audiences for years with his piano technique. Back by popular demand, this year he takes on Symphony on a French Mountain Air by Vincent d’Indy. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, Opus 17, nicknamed the “Little Russian” by Tchaikovsky's friend and music critic Kashkin, has always been a crowd pleaser because of its upbeat and joyous sound. Edward MacDowell wrote three symphonic poems. MacDowell's Hamlet from “Hamlet and Ophelia” will be on the program. Opening the night is Mozart’s Overture from “The Abduction from the Seraglio.” Listen Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring is an exceptional work of American music which paints a picture of the expansive West. Listen to a portion of our performance of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring from our January concert. Having visited Paris in the 1920s, George Gershwin decided to capture the bustle of the city in his 1928 piece, An American in Paris. Listen to the Georgia Philharmonic's rendition of this classic work, complete with tuned taxi horns. Read Pierre Ruhe of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper recently reviewed the orchestra. Read what the AJC had to say about the Georgia Philharmonic.
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