CLASSICS V: FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

4/7/2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 6:00pm
Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College

  • Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila . . . rollicking ebullient opener from a fairy-tale opera
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor . . . hallmark Romantic tunes and dazzling virtuosity—the perfect vehicle for our knockout soloist
  • Stravinsky: Firebird Suite . . . evoking a fantastic tale with supernatural effects, hair-raising suspense, and a blockbuster finale

Listen to a music clip of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor



Rachmaninoff: III. Allegro scherzando from Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Performed by Jando Jeno with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Thursday Concert Sponsor: George and Marian Malloy
Saturday Concert Sponsor: Ross and Marilyn Bewley
Guest Artist Sponsor: Dr. and Mrs. Daniel and Lynne Terry
             

Chu-Fang Huang, piano—returning by special demand!

Pianist Chu Fang Huang is making her second appearance with the Stockton Symphony in less than three years. As first-prize winner of the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition, finalist in the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and winner of the 2006 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Ms. Huang has made concert appearances around the globe. The Washington Post describes her as “among the most confident and accomplished young pianists around . . . Huang’s playing is strong, assertive . . . and bursting with energy and intensity.”
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