ARTISTS
Lakeview Orchestra
Anthony Krempa Guest Conductor
Maurice Neuman, Cello | Winner of the 2023 Young Artist Concerto Competition
PROGRAM
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (“Romantic”)
WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS CONCERT
A year after the premiere of Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, Hanson gifted the piece to Interlochen Center for the Arts. A “lyrical and haunting” 80 second section of the second movement was adopted as Interlochen’s theme. To this day, it is still performed at the cnoclusion of every concert..
Gershwin’s An American in Paris was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris during the Années folles, a time rich in social, artistic, and cultural collaborations. This same time period is referred to as the “Roaring Twenties” in the United States.
Recently featured in the film, ‘TÁR,’ Elgar’s Cello Concerto was considered a disaster at its premiere in 1920. This masterpiece of the modern cello repertoire wasn’t widely performed until British cellist Jacqueline Du Pré got hold of it in 1965. This year’s winner of the Young Artist Concerto Competition, Maurice Neuman, will perform this work with Lakeview Orchestra at this concert.