8:00 PM • Saturday
Pre-concert talk: 7:00 PM 

October 2, 2010

MUSICAL MASTERS

Presented by: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Concert Sponsor: Fairfield County Bank

Internet ticket sales end at noon on day of concert; tickets may be available at the door.

CIONEK

American Overture
World premiere

Edmund Cionek, Composer
Edmund Cionek is a New York based composer whose style combines pop and classical elements.

TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

COPLAND

Variations on a Shaker Melody *

SCHUBERT

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (Unfinished)

PROKOFIEV

Classical Symphony, Op. 25

GAYLE MARTIN HENRY

Piano Soloist

Gayle Martin Henry is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the sole American laureate of the sixth International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow.

 

* The RSO is participating in "The Big Read", a town-wide event sponsored by the NEA and presented by the Ridgefield Playhouse to encourage the reading of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.   Aaron Copland was a contemporary of Steinbeck.