CCM Philharmonia features student violinist in Oct. 6 performance
The concert features Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47; and works by Barber and Bartók
Story by CCM Graduate Assistant Lucy Evans
The CCM Philharmonia continues its season with “Virtuosity Redux,” a concert celebrating virtuosic performances across all sections of the orchestra, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Corbett Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
The centerpiece of the program is Sibelius’s monumental Violin Concerto in D Minor, featuring CCM DMA student Yue Yang, winner of this year's Violin Concerto Competition. The performance also includes Barber’s Overture to “The School for Scandal” and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.
Often cited as the most difficult in the repertoire, the Sibelius' Violin Concerto is the only concerto written by the composer. The piece begins with a haunting melody over a shimmering cushion of sound — often compared to the serene, snow-covered landscape of the composer’s native Finland.
“The Sibelius concerto demands the absolute highest level of artistry, both technically and musically, from the soloist,” comments Mark Gibson, CCM’s Director of Orchestral Studies. Yue Yang, who studies with CCM Professor of Violin Kurt Sassmanshaus, proved she was up for the task when she was named the winner of this year’s Violin Concerto Competition.
The concerto is bookended by Barber’s Overture to “The School for Scandal” and Bartók’s beloved Concerto for Orchestra. His first work for full orchestra, Barber’s concert overture is inspired by the spirit of the 18th-century play The School for Scandal, a comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The piece provides notable solo turns for English horn and oboe and a brilliant showcase of the string section.
Fittingly titled, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra is a piece which is “technically virtuosic for any given section of the orchestra at any given time,” says Gibson. Bartók wrote the concerto near the end of his life, and it is often cited as his most accessible and popular orchestral work.
Audiences will be treated to the artistry of “an outstanding solo artist, and an orchestra of over 80 superb musicians playing one of the most challenging and beloved works in the repertoire,” says Gibson of the Sibelius concerto. With three selections that demand tour de force performances from all involved, CCM Philharmonia’s “Virtuosity Redux” is sure to live up to its name.
CCM Philharmonia presents "Virtuosity Redux" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, at Corbett Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now through the CCM Box Office.
Repertoire
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
Stephan Fillare, graudate student conductor
Featuing student artist Yue Yang, violin
BARBER: Overture to “The School for Scandal,” Op. 5 (1931)
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (1904/5)
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Performance Time
- 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6
- Estimated run time: 90 minutes
Location
Corbett Auditorium, CCM Village
University of Cincinnati
Purchasing Tickets
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Lucy Evans
CCM Graduate Assistant, Marketing + Communications
Lucy Evans is an artist diploma student studying Opera-Vocal Performance at CCM. She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, and was recently an Apprentice Artist with the Santa Fe Opera.
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