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The Gustavus Symphony Orchestra, Warren Friesen, conductor
Gustavus Symphony on China’s Li River
The Gustavus Adolphus College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Warren Friesen with violin soloist Brian Buckstead, will present a Home Concert performance to conclude its 15-day international concert tour in the People’s Republic of China. The Home Concert will be presented in Christ Chapel on the Gustavus Adolphus campus on Sunday, February 17, beginning at 1:30 p.m. This performance is free and open to the public.
The ensemble presented five concerts during the tour and visited popular tourist attractions such as Tiananmen Square, the Li River Valley and the Great Wall of China. Performances included a concert at the Beijing Conservatory of Music, the new Qinhuangdao Cultural Center, the Tangshan Theatre and a joint concert with the Cathay Future Art Troupe. The tour was a return trip to China for the 67-member symphony orchestra. The 2004 tour was deemed such a successful learning opportunity for the group, a decision was made to return to the most populous country in the world.
Sunday’s program, the same as was performed in China, opens with the Olympic Fanfare and Theme by John Williams, followed by the Andante con tenerezza movement of Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, “Romantic”. Violinist Brian Buckstead, in his first year on the faculty at Gustavus, joins the symphony to present a work by Chinese composers Gang Chen and Zhanhao He, The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto.
Following intermission, the symphony returns to present Aaron Copland’s Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo and concludes Sunday’s concert with the Symphony No. 9 from the New World by Antonin Dvorak.
Sunday’s home concert by the Gustavus Symphony Orchestra begins at 1:30 p.m., February 17 in Christ Chapel. The concert is free and open to the public.]]>