This spring the Westchester Philharmonic continues its long-standing tradition of introducing audiences to ground-breaking musical developments and emerging young artists. On Saturday, April 5th at 8 pm and Sunday, April 6th at 3 pm Westchester-based composer Laura Kaminsky, also Dean of Music at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music and Curator of Music Programs at New York City’s renowned Symphony Space, will premiere Terra Terribilis. A concerto for percussion and orchestra, Kaminsky’s workexplores the sonic world of three different percussion families (skins, metals, and mallets), giving the Westchester Philharmonic’s immensely talented percussion section a long-overdue chance to shine. Written as an outcry against the destruction of our planet, Terra Terribilis, like much of Kaminsky’s work, is influenced by the vast physical and cultural environments she has experienced in her travels as an artist, and she is committed to exploring how “artists can be a part of the dialogue around critical concerns facing our world.” Kaminsky will speak in detail about the premiere at free pre-concert discussions for ticket holders. Led by Music Director and Conductor Paul Lustig Dunkel the discussions begin at 6:45 pm on April 5th and 1:45 pm on April 6th. From new work to an emerging artist, 22-year-old violinist Christine Kwak will take the stage for DvoYák’s Violin Concerto.Hailed as “the most promising talent of the next generation” (Strad), she was first discovered on CNN’s “About Child Prodigies” at age five playing piano and violin as well as several of her own piano compositions. Kwak later made her Lincoln Center debut at the Avery Fisher Hall with American Symphony Orchestra at the age of nine.
Befitting the orchestra’s season-long 25th anniversary celebration, the program will also featureMozart’s expressive Symphony No. 25, perhaps best known as the score for the opening sequence of the film Amadeus.
All performances will take place in The Concert Hall at The Performing Arts Center Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, New York.
Pre-concert events are free for ticket holders and take place in The Concert Hall. Tickets are $67, $52 and $22. Student/child/group discounts are available. Special Purchase College Rates: students $5/ faculty and staff $15. To purchase tickets and for additional information call the Westchester Philharmonic Box Office at (914) 682-3707 ext. 10.Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Card accepted.Visit the Westchester Philharmonic’s website at www.westchesterphil.org.
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