Cd'A Symphony to end season
MAUREEN DOLAN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 9 months AGO
<p>Brent Edstrom, pianist and composer, will perform ther world premier of his original work, "Jazz Piano Concerto No. 2," during the Coeur d' Alene Symphony Orchestra's season finale concert May 3 and 4 at the Kroc Center in Coeur d'Alene.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra will end its season next week with the world premier of a jazz piano piece followed by performance of one of the most recognized classical masterpieces of all time.
Jazz pianist and composer Brent Edstrom will perform, with an orchestra combo, his original work "Jazz Piano Concerto No. 2." It was commissioned by the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra and will be heard by an audience for the first time on Saturday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center in Coeur d'Alene, during the first performance of the orchestra's season finale concert. It will be performed again at 2 p.m. May 4, in the same location.
"It's got a lot of crazy rhythms. There are soaring melodies," said oboe-player Jill Cathey.
In addition to composing, Edstrom teaches jazz studies and composition at Whitworth University in Spokane.
The Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra performed Edstrom's "First Jazz Piano Concerto" in 2007. Described by the musicians as a "fun and beautiful piece," it prompted David Demand, the symphony's artistic director, to commission Edstrom to compose a concerto especially for the Coeur d'Alene orchestra.
The season finale concert will also feature a performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, also known as "Eroica," the Italian word for "heroic." It is often cited as the first large-scale Romantic era piece and noted for its "triumphant brass lines."
"We're dedicating this to our local heroes," Cathey said.
The piece encompasses a large range of emotions, and symphony organizers say the second movement is particularly moving and has been used in many films and was played at President Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral.
Local fire, police and military departments are invited to attend the season finale concert, and personnel are eligible to receive one free ticket by calling the symphony office, 769-3833, before May 1.
Tickets are $20/adults, $15/seniors, $8/students, and can be purchased by calling the symphony office, online at www.cdasymphony.org., or at Great Harvest Bread Co., Burt's Music, or at the door.
Info: 765-3833 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, or email csosymphony@frontier.com
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