In February of 2012 the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC welcomed pianist Andreas Klein for a program featuring Beethoven’s first piano concerto, bookended by a character piece by Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Tchaikovsky’s final symphony. Then from a Chamber Classics concert presented in May of 2012, the orchestra’s resident quartet was augmented by two additional string players for more Tchaikovsky: a performance of his popular musical postcard from Florence.
Listen to the entire program: Western Piedmont Symphony's 2012-2013 Masterworks III & Kontras Quartet & Friends' 2011-2012 Chamber Classics IV
Billboard and introduction to Coleridge-Taylor’s Rhapsodic Dance-The Bamboula - Lauren Rico
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR - Rhapsodic Dance-The Bamboula
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, conductor
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, conductor
Introduction to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C - Lauren Rico
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, conductor
Andreas Klein, pianist
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, conductor
Andreas Klein, pianist
Break and introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in b-minor, “Pathetique” - Lauren Rico and Mike McKay
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 6 in b-minor, “Pathetique”
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, conductor
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, conductor
Introduction to Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir of Florence - Lauren Rico
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY - Souvenir of Florence
Kontras Quartet: Dmitri Pogoreloy & Francois Henkins, violinists
Ai Ishida, violist, and Jean Hatmaker, cellist
Evelyn Grau, 2nd viola
Greg Sauer, 2nd cello
Kontras Quartet: Dmitri Pogoreloy & Francois Henkins, violinists
Ai Ishida, violist, and Jean Hatmaker, cellist
Evelyn Grau, 2nd viola
Greg Sauer, 2nd cello
End of the show - Lauren Rico and Mike McKay
