by Nancy Raileanu | Jan 31, 2019 | 2019-2020 Saturday Series
SEASON LAUNCH: JUPITER & OHLSSON Guest Artist: Garrick Ohlsson, piano Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter Symphony” Puccini: Chrysanthemums Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 You first heard pianist Garrick Ohlsson during Iris Orchestra’s debut season...
by Nancy Raileanu | Jan 31, 2019 | 2019-2020 Saturday Series, Uncategorized
BEETHOVEN TRIPLE TRIBUTE Guest Artist: Pinchas Zukerman, violin, Amanda Forsyth, cello, & Angela Cheng, piano Beethoven: Coriolan Overture Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano, Op.56 (Triple Concerto) One of the...
by Nancy Raileanu | Jan 31, 2019 | 2019-2020 Saturday Series, Uncategorized
CLASSICAL GRIT AND GRIND: CELEBRATING MEMPHIS Guest Artist: Conrad Tao, composition & piano Conrad Tao: “Spoonfuls” (Iris Orchestra commissioned work celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the City of Memphis) Haydn: Symphony No. 101 Brahms: Piano...
by Nancy Raileanu | Jan 31, 2019 | 2019-2020 Saturday Series
FROM AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE Guest Artist: Anne Akiko Meyers, violin Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks” Schoenberg: Orchard in Fog Violin Concerto Barber: Adagio for Strings Copland: Appalachian Spring Kernis: Too Hot Toccata Iris’ vision of...
by Nancy Raileanu | Jan 31, 2019 | 2019-2020 Saturday Series
CANCELED- Click Here for More Information LOOKING FORWARD Guest Artist: Nancy Zhou, violin Jonathan Leshnoff: “Score” (commissioned work celebrating Iris’ 20th anniversary) Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 Our year-end party for Iris...
