Classical Concerts, February 24-March 3, 2009
Thursday, February 26
- Pianist and Augusta State professor Clara Park is soloist in Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Presented by the ASU Music Department, 7:30 Maxwell Theatre, Augusta State University.
- The Copland House Ensemble gives the first of two distinct performances presented by the Auburn Chamber Music Society. Hear Copland, Saint-Saens, Ravel, Milhaud and Stravinsky starting at 7:30, Goodwin Recital Hall, Auburn University.
- The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus - with guest soloists Janice Chandler, Thomas Cooley and Steven Humes - bring to life The Creation, Haydn's portrait of the beginning of the world. Set design by Anne Patterson; projection design by Adam Larsen; Robert Spano conducts. Repeats Saturday, both days at 8 p.m. in Atlanta's Symphony Hall.
- The Copland House Ensemble's bonus performance, with an all-new program. Presented by the Auburn Chamber Music Society at the Jule Collins Smith Art Museum, Auburn, Ala.
- The Male Choir of St. Petersburg showcases Russian repertoire with its 25 members, of whom four are deep-voiced basso profundos. 8 p.m., UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens.
- The Augusta Players present Stephen Sondheim's "fractured fairy tale" of a musical Into the Woods. Augusta. Runs February 27-March 1.
- The Valdosta Symphony, Valdosta State University Concert Choir, VSO Chorus, VSU dance soloists and narrator James Schraeder perform King David, a biblical oratorio by Arthur Honegger. 8 p.m., Whitehead Auditorium, VSU, Valdosta. Repeats Sunday in Valdosta and Monday in Atlanta.
- The Atlanta Opera presents Verdi's Il Trovatore (The Troubador) at the Cobb Energy Centre, Atlanta. Repeats March 3, 6 and 8.
- The Atlanta Symphony again presents a semi-theatrical interpretation of Haydn's Creation: see Thursday above.
- As part of the 10th anniversary CSU Guitar Symposium, guitar duos Duo Spiritoso and Soloduo appear in Legacy Hall, RiverCenter, Columbus, 8 p.m.
- The members of the Russian National Ballet Theatre dance and flutter their way through the story of Swan Lake, with Tchaikovsky's music. UGA Performing Arts Center, Athens.
- The Atlanta Chamber Players are in concert at Spivey Hall, Morrow, 3 p.m., with Beethoven's Serenade Op. 25, Poulenc's Trio for winds and piano, and Korngold's Piano Quintet.
- Valdostans repeat Honegger's King David in a multimedia, large-cast family concert at Valdosta State, 3 p.m. See Saturday above.
- Marko Feri and the Amadeus Duo are onstage at Legacy Hall, RiverCenter, Columbus, 7:30, as part of the CSU Guitar Symposium.
- Valdostans take King David on the road. Paul Neal leads the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and others in a multimedia production of Honegger's biblical oratorio. Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta.
- The Guarneri Quartet plays Haydn, Kodaly and Ravel at the Schwartz Center, Emory University, Atlanta, on its farewell tour.
