We travel to the NC Triad for a concert filled with variety from the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky welcomes Russian piano prodigy Lukas Geniušas for a performance of Chopin: the First Piano Concerto and two encores! Sitkovetsky also leads the ensemble in a Mendelssohn concert overture, a recent work by fiddler-turned-classical composer Mark O'Connor, and Elgar's enduring Enigma Variations.
Listen to the entire program: Greensboro Symphony Orchestra with Lukas Geniušas
Intorduction to Mendelssohn's Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage - Lauren Rico and Mike McKay
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Introduction to Chopin's first piano concerto - Lauren Rico
FREDERIC CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Lukas Geniušas, piano
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Introduction to Geniušas' encores - Lauren Rico
FREDERIC CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58 and Revolutionary Etude
Lukas Geniušas, piano
Introduction to O'Connor's Queen Anne's Revenge - Lauren Rico and Mike McKay
MARK O'CONNOR: Queen Anne's Revenge
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Introduction to Elgar's Enigma Variations - Lauren Rico
EDWARD ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
Introduction to Schubert's ninth symphony - Lauren Rico
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, "Great," Mvt III
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, conductor
End of the Show - Lauren Rico and Mike McKay