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Pianist Angela Cheng |
The Wheeling Symphony is joined by pianist Angela Cheng
(interview) to play Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 (familiar to some as the
“Elvira Madigan”). The concert features the Adagio
for Strings and Medea’s Meditation
and Dance of Vengeance by American composer Samuel Barber, in celebration
of the 100th anniversary of his birth, and the evening concludes with
Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony.
Maestro Andre Raphel Smith, music director of the Wheeling
Symphony, spoke with me at the beginning of the season about each of the
concerts. Here is our discussion of the
music for this concert:
Interview with Maestro Andre Raphel Smith