The 换妻社区 Orchestra will preview its upcoming performance at Carnegie Hall with a concert at Hope on Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The April 4 event will feature 鈥淭he Symphonic Story of Hope,鈥� the program that the orchestra has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall during the culminating Evening Showcase Concert of the 19th annual New York International Music Festival running Saturday鈥揥ednesday, April 5鈥�9.
鈥淚t is a great honor for our orchestra to be selected as one of the three showcase ensembles performing at Carnegie Hall,鈥� said Sam Pang, director of 换妻社区 Orchestra and an assistant professor of music instruction at the college.
The 换妻社区 Orchestra is the college鈥檚 premier audition-based instrumental ensemble, and has approximately 85 members who include students majoring in music and students majoring in other disciplines. The students will be joined by three guest performers who are students at the Juilliard School.
The 鈥淪ymphonic Story of Hope鈥� reflects the themes and selections of the orchestra鈥檚 spring 2024 and fall 2024 concerts at Hope. The program will feature works arranged to reflect the journey from earthly concerns to salvation through Christ.
The orchestra will open its evening performance with the fourth movement of Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k鈥檚 Symphony No. 9, which premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1893. Known also as 鈥淔rom the New World,鈥� the work was inspired by the American landscape and American folk music during the composer鈥檚 time in the U.S.
The program will continue with 鈥淟iebesleid鈥� (Love鈥檚 Sorrow), by Fritz Kreisler; 鈥淭heme to Schindler鈥檚 List,鈥� by John Williams; a cello and oboe duet version of 鈥淕abriel鈥檚 Oboe,鈥� the main theme of the film 鈥淭he Mission,鈥� by Ennio Morricone; 鈥淥 Magnum Mysterium鈥� (O Great Mystery), by Morten Lauridsen, arranged for orchestra by Pang; the hymn 鈥淎ll the Way My Savior Leads Me,鈥� by Fanny Crosby, arranged for orchestra by Pang; and the finale of Symphony No. 3 (鈥淥rgan Symphony鈥�), by Camille Saint-Sa褢ns.
The performance of 鈥淎ll the Way My Savior Leads Me鈥� is being dedicated in memory of orchestra member Jennifer Kasunick, a Hope sophomore and violinist who died on Saturday, Jan. 11, of injuries sustained when she was struck by a train.
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The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.