BURBANK ORCHESTRA TO GIVE FREE CONCERT.Byline: Daily News The Burbank Chamber Orchestra Noun 1. chamber orchestra - small orchestra; usually plays classical music orchestra - a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players will stage a free concert tonight featuring a Beethoven overture and the U.S. premiere of a symphony by Czech composer Zdenek Fibich. Parking is also free for the concert, set to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Hall of Liberty at Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
The 7-year-old professional orchestra opens with Ludwig Van Beethoven's Egmont Overture. Following that, violin soloist David Stenske, a fixture of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, orchestral music, will perform Wieniawski's Violin Concert No. 2. That piece will be conducted by Bethany Pflueger, principal flutist and assistant conductor for the orchestra. She also teaches music theory and performance classes at Glendale College. The third piece is Fibich's Third Symphony in E minor. Fibich (1850-1900) is not well known outside what is now known as the Czech Republic but was a contemporary of the more well-known Anton Dvorak. As he composed the symphony in the summer of 1898, Fibich was recovering from scarlet fever scarlet fever or scarlatina, an acute, communicable infection, caused by group A hemolytic streptococcal bacteria (see streptococcus) that produce an erythrogenic toxin. . He was living in Polabi, in the valley of the Elbe river, enjoying walks in the pine forests, catching butterflies in the meadows and lounging in the garden around the farmhouse where he stayed. The symphony is said to reflect his happy state of being at the time and his rich emotional life. Music director and conductor for the Burbank Chamber Orchestra is Steven Kerstein, who also directs the West Los Angeles
In July 1997, Kerstein conducted two concerts in the Czech Republic with the South Bohemia Philharmonic. The concert is free thanks to donations from the city, corporations and private donors. Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills is at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive. For more information, contact the Hall of Liberty at (323) 254-7251 or check the orchestra Web site at burbankchamberorch.com. |
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