Northwestern University Chamber Orchestra
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 7:30pm CDT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Harvey Felder, conductor; Giang Vo, graduate assistant conductor; Seho Young, piano (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
The orchestra's performance opens with Marjorie Merryman's Windhover Fantasy, written in the wake of September 11, 2001 and inspired by images of flight. The Boston Herald praised its "heady sense of space and wonder... The overall sense is one of comfort and joy and spirit." Pianist and Northwestern Concerto Competition winner Seho Young joins the orchestra for Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54. Received warmly by critics in Schumann's time, the expressive, virtuosic work featured Clara Schumann as soloist for its 1845 premiere. Concluding the program is Franz Schubert's buoyant Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, often viewed as a homage to Mozart.
Marjorie Merryman, Windhover Fantasy
Robert Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Franz Schubert, Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
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Pick-Staiger is a 972-seat hall located in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The main lobby entrance for concerts is on the west side of the building (revolving and regular doors). Since its inception in 1975, the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for Bienen School of Music performing ensembles, faculty recitals, festivals, and professional guest artists.