Acclaimed Canadian pianist Lorraine Min will be the soloist for Clinton Symphony Orchestra;s concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Vernon Cook Theater at Clinton High School, Clinton, IA. This concert closes the 65th season for the orchestra.
Lorraine Min has performed as a soloist on five continents and in some of the world’s most important concert halls. The New York Times cited her for “impeccable phrase-shaping and crystalline sound.” She received her Bachelor’s degree from the Peabody Conservatory and Master’s and Doctoral degrees from The Julliard School, in New York City, NY. She will perform the Piano Concert No. 4 by Camille Saint-Saens with the orchestra.
A resident of Victoria, British Columbia in Canada, Min’s performance with Clinton Symphony Orchestra has been made possible by a generous gift from Clinton resident and arts enthusiast Gene Belz. Min is a Steinway Artist. West Music Co. in Coralville, IA, will supply a Steinway concert grand piano.
The orchestra’s conductor, Brian Dollinger, has chosen the Overture to Rosamunde by Franz Schubert and the Symphony No. 7 of Antonin Dvorak to complete the program.
The Schubert Overture served several purposes for the composer. He used it in several forms and in several stage settings. It is best known today as the overture to the incidental music he wrote for the play “Rosamunde, Princess of Cypress.”
The Seventh Symphony by Dvorak precedes the composer’s journey to America, his summer in Spillville, IA, and his well-known “New World Symphony.” It reflects the political struggles of the time in his native Czech/Bohemian nation.
The piano concerto is the fourth of five by the French composer. Although known for his compositions for a wide-range of media, piano was Saint-Saens’ principal instrument.
Concert admission is $20 for adults, and all students are admitted free of charge. In addition, a student may sponsor an accompanying adult for a half-price ticket.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance at Tegeler Music in Clinton, Fitzgerald Pharmacy in Morrison, IL, Grummert’s Hardware in Sterling, IL, or on the Symphony’s website at www.clintonsymphony.org.