Piano powerhouse Yuliya Gorenman returns to open our new season with Tchaikovsky’s famous Piano Concerto No. 1, in a program that also includes Dvorak’s magnificent Eighth Symphony, and the season will close with Brahms’ massive Double Concerto with fabulous soloists Irina Muresanu and Eric Kutz. Also on that program is Rachmaninoff’s monumental and emotional Second Symphony, a work very close to my heart which my father taught me. I will dedicate that performance to his memory.
In between, we will perform famous works by some great composers: Prokofiev’s “Classical” and Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphonies, in a program celebrating musical classicism; and Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides” Overture and Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, in a nature-inspired program. Repertoire from American composers will be handsomely represented with works by Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland.
In December, we will bring to the stage soprano Alia Waheed for a special program full of Holiday favorites in collaboration with our artistic partners at the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA). And of course, as always, we celebrate Prince George’s County’s talented young musicians by inviting selected students to perform with us in our February educational program.
As if all that wasn’t exciting enough, two wonderful guest conductors—Jason Love and Jed Gaylin—will grace us during the first half of the season as I prepare to return from my medical leave. I look forward to being back on the podium for our February program and the rest of the season!
I hope you will join all of us on stage in celebrating our 59th season together! We are honored to be your philharmonic orchestra!
See you all at the concert hall!
Jesus Manuel Berard, Music Director and Conductor
The Prince George’s Philharmonic is about to begin its 59th season; it will have some differences from our 58th, but as always we look forward to bringing you a season filled with great orchestral music. Maestro Berard has planned a great season, with the performance of Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Piano Concerto No. 1, and the great Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello. You will be treated to a profusion of beloved symphonies: Prokofiev’s Classical, Mozart’s Jupiter,Beethoven’s Pastorale, and then closing the season with Rachmaninoff’s glorious No. 2.
Again this year we are delighted to join with CAAPA, the Coalition of African Americans in the Performing Arts, to bring you a joyous holiday concert in December. And you will also hear the progress of our student musicians, when our Symphony Kids, and our Side-by-Side players join us in our February concert.
As always, we take great pleasure in bringing you more of the music that you love, and we are very grateful for your support. We hope that you will stay for a while after the end of each concert, to let us know what you specially like (or don’t like . . . ), what you would like to hear in future concerts, and whether you would be interested in joining with us in music-related projects. We look forward to getting to know you better!
I hope that you will not miss a single concert and I look forward to seeing you there!
Susan Pearl, President, Board of Directors
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