LSO 2024/25 concert season continues October 29th!
The fantastic LaGrange Symphony Orchestra (LSO) “Season of Celebration” continues October 29th with the COMPOSED & COLLECTED concert beginning at 7:30PM in Callaway Auditorium, LaGrange, GA. This concert is an oasis of lyrical calm and exquisite beauty. You will want to indulge in the serene and harmonious feeling this wonderful night of music holds.
Tickets are available for this concert and all of this season’s individual concerts at this link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35802.
The LSO is conducted by Maestro Richard Prior, now in his 10th year! An overview of the LSO’s current season can be found HERE.
On the Program
The October 29th program COMPOSED & COLLECTED consists of:
- Johannes Brahms: St. Anthony Variations
Theme
Variations I through VIII
Finale - Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major – with Anne-Marie Cherry (Read more on this talented musician below.)
Allegro
Andante
Allegro - Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor
Allegro
Scherzo
Andante
Allegro
From the Maestro
Unquestionably, music has the power to inspire and bring forth the full range of human emotion, often taking us on a journey within the space and time of one piece or even a single phrase. The works on this program certainly provide some dramatic contrasts, but at their heart, there is always an oasis of lyrical calm and exquisite beauty; this is music where we can reflect in reverie, be composed and collected.
The serenity of Brahms’ St. Anthony Variations is complimented by Strauss’ iconic Horn Concerto No. 1, and we are thrilled to welcome to the stage the LSO’s Principal Horn, the wonderful Anne-Marie Cherry as our guest artist for this work. Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 is a great example of that rich and fulfilling emotional journey – from the profound, powerful and declamatory drama of the first movement, we are led into the playful light of the second movement’s scherzo, then to that poignantly lyrical oasis of composure in the third movement, and finally to surely one of the most brilliant and energetic finales in the world of the symphony. How so much is contained in just a thirty-minute composition speaks to the unparalleled quality of music as an expression of human creativity
More about the guest artist
Anne-Marie Cherry
Anne-Marie Cherry is a versatile performer and educator enjoying a varied career as a soloist, chamber/orchestral musician, clinician, and recording artist. She performs with orchestras nationwide, including recent engagements with the Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, Spokane Symphony, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. Dr. Cherry spends her summers performing with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra as Associate Principal Horn, and a member of Breckenridge Brass Quintet.
As a soloist, she has performed with the Iowa Center for New Music, the Bainbridge Symphony, Texas Chamber Group, USC Wind Ensemble, UT New Music Ensemble, and the UT Jazz Orchestra. Additionally, she is the featured solo horn on the soundtrack of the upcoming film The Last Full Measure. Anne-Marie can also be heard on City People by Greg Johnson, the UT Wind Ensemble recording of John Corigliano’s Circus Maximus, and a soon to be released album of the chamber works of Zack Stanton.
A strong advocate of performer/composer collaboration, Anne-Marie frequently commissions new works for the horn in diverse contexts. She has collaborated with composers such as Zack Stanton, Hermes Camacho, Dennis Llinas, and Gabriel Santiago—and was the dedicatee of the ASCAP winning “Northern Impressions Suite,” which she recorded in the fall of 2009 with the University of Texas Jazz Orchestra. Another commission, Stanton’s Trio for Horn, Harp and Viola was recorded this summer and for an upcoming album of the composer’s chamber works.
Previously, Dr. Cherry has been on the faculties of The University of Texas at Austin, Spokane Falls Community College and Pasadena City College. An active guest artist & clinician, she explores mindfulness in music performance and practice with students and teachers around the country.
Dr. Cherry completed her D.M.A at the University of Southern California, crafting a unique course of study in horn performance, music education, arts leadership, and contemporary music studies. A proud longhorn alum, she received her M.M. and B.M. from The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music.
Additionally, Dr. Anne-Marie Cherry is now Associate Professor at the Schwob School of Music in Columbus, Georgia.
Tickets for Composed & Collected
Tickets are available for “COMPOSED & COLLECTED” and all individual LSO concerts at this link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35802.
We look forward to seeing you on October 29th in Callaway Auditorium, 7:30 PM!
Other concerts in this series:
If you would like to read a review of “AMERICAN FANFARE” which was the first concert in the 2024/2025 season, you can access it HERE. A short video sample from that concert can be found HERE.
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