Thomas Heuser, conductor; Elizabeth Maconchy, Nocturne; Maurice Ravel, La Valse; Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances; 20th century composers produced some of history’s most exhilarating orchestral music. Maurice Ravel changed the palette of the orchestra, and his groundbreaking La Valse is a choreographic poem depicting a dream-like ballroom with swirling dancers. The ravishing Symphonic Dances of Sergei […]
Thomas Heuser, conductor; Side-by-Side with Student Musicians. Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Chokfi’: Sarcasm; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade in A Minor, Op. 33; Antonín Dvorak, Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70. Chickasaw classical composer Jerod Tate writes music that expresses his native culture in symphonic form, and his Chokfi provides a brilliant, rhythmical introduction. Then a […]
Thomas Heuser, conductor; Inna Faliks, piano soloist. Johannes Brahms, Tragic Overture Clarice Assad, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: Lilith Inna Faliks, piano soloist Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Lilith is the symbol of a liberated woman, either demon or goddess, and Brazilian composer Clarice Assad has written a piano concerto for Inna Faliks in […]
