Rossini’s Overture to La gazza ladra blends humor and pathos, employing the composer’s trademark slow orchestral crescendo building to an energetic conclusion. The rhythmic vitality of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony has made it one of the composer’s most enduringly popular symphonies, known as “the apotheosis of the dance.” Professor of Cello Norman Fischer is the soloist in Anthony Brandt’s new chamber concerto, commissioned for the Shepherd School’s 50th anniversary.
Tickets required, reserved seating
About Anthony Brandt’s 50th Anniversary Commission
“I’m honored to celebrate the Shepherd School’s 50th anniversary with this work, performed by my esteemed colleague Norman Fischer, who, alongside his wife and fellow faculty member Jeanne, exemplifies everything that makes the Shepherd School special. The audience can expect many changes in mood and character from the single-movement concerto, with the cellist as protagonist.” (Anthony Brandt)
Repertoire
Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie)
Anthony Brandt: Chamber Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (Shepherd School of Music 50th Anniversary Commission) (World Premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Artists
Sponsored By
Partial funding for Anthony Brandt’s Chamber Concerto for Cello and Orchestra from Rice University Office of Research
