Saturday, February 21

Adelphi Symphony Orchestra CANCELLED
Concert Hall
8:00 PM

This Event has been Cancelled
ARTISTS
The Adelphi Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Giuseppe Andaloro, piano
Kelley Nassief, soprano

PROGRAM
Henryk Górecki, Symphony No. 3, “Sorrowful Songs”
Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83

“Andaloro has a big, agile technique….with panache and power.” -- The Daily Telegraph, London

“If the angels in heaven really sing, please let them do it like Nassief.” -- Leipziger Volkszeitung

When Górecki’s Symphony No. 3 was released on CD, its success was phenomenal, and entirely unpredictable. Not only did it reach the top of the Classical charts; it crossed over into the standard top 40 popular list as well. Written in 1976, it marked a stage in Górecki’s progression toward harmonic minimalism and simplified textures. The three movements are centered around three distinct texts and melodies: a lament by a mother for son lost in the Silesian Uprisings of 1919; an inscription scrawled by a daughter to her mother on the wall of a Gestapo prison in southern Poland, and a 15th century folk song, once again a maternal lament with deeply spiritual imagery. American soprano, Kelley Nassief, a resident of Long Island who has performed with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe, brings her special artistry to this important symphonic work.

The program is balanced by a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, a work of greater scope than any concerto that had come before. This masterpiece of the genre, written more than twenty years after his first concerto, was an instant success at its premiere, with the composer as soloist. Since then, its popularity and power have never waned. The Adelphi Symphony is proud to present the Italian virtuoso, Giuseppe Andaloro performing this magnificent work on the Fazioli 308 grand piano.

Regular ticket prices apply.