A program of orchestral showstoppers, beginning with a Halloween weekend concert from the 2011-2012 season of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra playing music by Richard Strauss, Liszt, Mussorgsky and more. Then some selections in a similar vein from the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC and the first concert of their 46th season, the 20th with Music Director John Gordon Ross.
Listen to the entire program: Greenville Symphony Orchestra - Orchestral Showstoppers
Billboard and Introduction to Strauss's "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" - Lauren Rico
RICHARD STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Edvard Tchivzhel, Music Director and Conductor
Introduction to Liszt's Mephisto Waltz - Lauren Rico
FRANZ LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Edvard Tchivzhel, Music Director and Conductor
Introduction to Arnold's "Tam O'Shanter Overture"
MALCOLM ARNOLD: Tam O'Shanter Overture
Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Edvard Tchivzhel, Music Director and Conductor
Introduction to Mussorgsky's "Bald Mountain" - Lauren Rico
MODEST MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain
Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Edvard Tchivzhel, Music Director and Conductor
Introduction to Tchaikovsky's "Francesca da Rimini" - Lauren Rico
TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca di Rimini
Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Edvard Tchivzhel, Music Director and Conductor
Introduction to Berlioz and Saint Saens - Lauren Rico
HECTOR BERLIOZ: "March to the Scaffold" (from Symphonie Fantastique)
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS: Danse Macabre
Western Piedmont Symphony
John Gordon Ross, Music Director and Conductor
Introduction to de Meij's "Lord of the Rings" Symphony - Lauren Rico
JOHAN DE MEIJ: "Gandalf" "Gollum" "Journey In The Dark" (from de Meij's Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" Symphony)
The Concert Band of Lenoir-Rhyne University
Dr. Daniel Kiser, conductor
End of show - Lauren Rico
