Concerto Competition Winners Perform With Southern Adventist University’s Symphony Orchestra

  • Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Southern Adventist University’s Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Laurie Redmer Cadwallader, will be performing at the Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. The concert will feature the seven 2019-2020 Concerto Competition winners who represent local schools Berean Christian School, Collegiate High School, and McCallie School; Lee University of Murfreesboro, Tn.; and Andrews University of Berrien Springs, Mi., as well as Southern.

Established in 1990, the annual competition is open to instrumentalists from eighth grade through undergraduate studies. Last fall, gifted young musicians submitted videos of themselves playing one movement of a concerto. A panel of six judges chose 14 to play live auditions before selecting the winners.

This concert is free and open to the public and will be held at Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 4829 College Dr. East.

Here is the program: 

Ludwig von Beethoven – Overture to "The Creatures of Prometheus," op. 43
Ignaz Moscheles – Concerto for Flute and Oboe; II. Rondo
Lydia Bobell, flute; Julia Bobell, oboe 
Samuel Barber – Violin Concerto , op. 14; I. Allegro moderato
Isabella Showalter, violin
Frederic Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21; I. Maestoso
Gabriel Palacios, piano
Edouard Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor; I. Prelude: Lento—Allegro maestoso
Ewan Manalo, cello
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto; I. Rondo Pastorale
Jacks Pollard, oboe
Camille Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 22; I. Andante sostenuto
Aidan Hartman, piano

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