Pianist

Wideman Gold Medalist Parker Van Ostrand & SSO Musicians perform Dvořák’s Piano Quintet No. 2. Mr. Van Ostrand will also perform Chopin’s Ballade No. 1, Op. 23.



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Wideman Gold Medalist & Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2

Hurley School of Music, Centenary College

33rd Season Premiere

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Guest Artists visit SFCM to share their expertise with student musicians.  

Please note: San Francisco will be hosting the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this week. Street and highway closures will cause delays in transit into and out of the SFCM area. Please plan accordingly in attending our concerts this week, as we do hope to see you in the audience! For those of you who cannot make it to the concerts, SFCM will be livestreaming most concerts for the week.

Stephen Hough, piano

You will definitely want to mark your calendar for this event, as CYS prepares to travel to the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary for a whirlwind tour that will find us performing in some of the most famous and acoustically perfect concert halls in the world. Our program will feature the wildly raucous Roman Carnival Overture by Hector Berlioz, Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, and Richard Strauss’s Suite from Der Rosenkavalier. Our program also highlights soloist Parker Van Ostrand, who will perform Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety for Piano and Orchestra.

Tour Preview Concert

San Mateo High School

Maestro Eylar has chosen a highly eclectic and exciting program for our Spring Concert Series, with works by Gershwin, Glazunov, Schoenberg, and Bernstein. Composed in 1932 after a two-week vacation in Cuba, Gershwin’s Cuban Overture (originally titled Rhumba) makes prominent use of Caribbean rhythms and Cuban native percussion, with a wide spectrum of instrumental color. The Overture includes references to Cuban folk melodies and the well-known Spanish song La Paloma. The Overture was a smash success at its premiere in August 1932 and was very favorably reviewed by music critics. Our featured Young Artist Competition Winner Andromeda Kepecs will perform the ultra-romantic and hauntingly beautiful Violin Concerto by Alexander Glazunov, completed in 1904 and dedicated to the Russian violin virtuoso Leopold Auer. Cast in one continuous movement, the work is a tour-de-force of technical virtuosity and soaring melodic invention. We continue with the Finale of Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. This Rondo a la Zingarese is a whirling gypsy-inspired dance movement that illustrates both the melodic genius of Brahms and the deft orchestral technique of Arnold Schoenberg. Our closing work is the monumental Symphony no. 2, subtitled Age of Anxiety, by Leonard Bernstein. A highly unusual work, the Age of Anxiety calls for a piano soloist of the highest caliber, and we are delighted to have former YAC winner Parker Van Ostrand joining the orchestra for this performance. The Symphony is based on W.H. Auden’s poem of the same name and is a programmatic work that deals with the theme of isolation, loneliness, and disquietude, and the journey from that state of being toward faith and hope. This highly charged work, which has great relevance for our times, is sure to move and inspire listeners.

Parker Van Ostrand

Pianist

Events

Jan 14, 2024

Wideman Gold Medalist & Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2 · Shreveport Symphony Orchestra

Nov 19, 2023

33rd Season Premiere · Symphony Parnassus

Nov 13, 2023

Stephen Hough, piano · San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Jun 18, 2022

Tour Preview Concert · California Youth Symphony

Mar 13, 2022

Spring Concert · California Youth Symphony

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