HARRISBURG SYMPHONY
SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2010
SPRING 2010
Organ Blast at Opening Masterworks The HSO will unleash the 3,841-pipe Forum Organ in all its glory on the first Masterworks program of the 201011 season. Eric Riley, Director of Music and Organist at Market Square Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg, will join Stuart Malina and the HSO for a performance of the “Organ Symphony” by the 19th century French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns. The symphony is famous for exploiting the full dynamic range and grandeur of the “king of instruments,” from the quietist pianissimo to the most floor-rattling fortissimo. Also on the program, pianist Jeffrey Biegel returns to Harrisburg to perform two contrasting works for piano and orchestra. First, Chopin’s Andante Spianato & Grande Polonaise Brillante combines the composer’s trademark melting lyricism with pianistic fireworks. Then, Biegel will perform the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer fame. Opening the concert will be conductor Leopold Stokowski’s spectacular transcription for modern orchestra of a work originally written for organ, J.S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. Made forever famous by its use in the original version of Walt Disney’s Fantasia, the Stokowski arrangement quickly became a concert favorite in its own right. Guest Artists L. Jeffrey Biegel R. Eric Riley
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MANcini SHARON ISBIN plays rodrigo moonlight All the favorites that define the inimitable Henry Mancini style will open the Capital BlueCross Pops season on October 30-31. You’re invited to take a stroll down lover’s lane as Stuart Malina, vocalists Teri Dale Hansen and Nat Chandler and the HSO perform lush arrangements of Moon River, The Days of Wine and Roses, Dear Heart, Charade, plus orchestral favorites such as the Baby Elephant Walk, the Theme from Peter Gunn, The Pink Panther, and Victor Victoria. Guest Artists L. Nat Chandler R. Teri Dale Hansen
Renowned classical guitarist Sharon Isbin will make her HSO debut on November 13 -14. Hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time” by the Dallas Morning-News, Ms Isbin will perform what is easily the most popular and widely performed guitar concerto, the Concierto de Aranjuez, by 20th century Spanish composer, Joaquin Rodrigo. Ms. Isbin has appeared as soloist with over 160 orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony, and many more. She has also recorded extensively, including three recordings of the Rodrigo concerto, the most recent one with the New York Philharmonic.
TARA SIMONCIC
NEW TO THE HSO & HYSO! Tara Simoncic joins the Harrisburg Symphony as the new Assistant Conductor and Harrisburg Youth Symphony Music Director. Tara Simoncic joins the HSO from the Norwalk Youth Symphony in Norwalk, Connecticut. While with the NYS she founded and conducted the Chamber Orchestra which performed free and benefit concerts and collaborated with the Greenwich Ballet Academy. Ms. Simoncic will assist Maestro Stuart Malina as his Assistant Conductor and will take over as the new Harrisburg Youth Symphony Music Director, filling the position of the recently retired Dr. Ronald Schafer.
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