Aug. 1, 2011
BSO 49th concert season a mix of young artists, timeless masters
(COOKEVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 1, 2011) -- With one foot in the past and one in the future, the 49th season of the Bryan Symphony Orchestra at Tennessee Tech University honors timeless classics with interpretations by three young soloists on the rise.
This season’s programming showcases music by two living American composers and several symphonic titans, as well as the BSO’s namesake, Charles Faulkner Bryan.
The season-opener begins at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 4, with the BSO’s popular free concert in Dogwood Park, Cookeville’s foremost outdoors performance area.
In October, the program includes Sibelius’ 1st Symphony, as well as music by Bryan, winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the first Tennessee composer whose work was premiered by a large professional symphony orchestra. Tennessee Tech, where Bryan taught in the 1930s, is planning a centennial celebration of the composer in October.
November also features a major symphony, Tchaikovsky’s 4th, as well as the first guest appearance of the season: clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester, a young Spanish artist who first enthralled the BSO audience in October 2009.
By February, the palette moves south with Rossini’s Overture to Il Turco in Italia; Mozart’s Violin Concerto no. 5, “Turkish,” featuring Brussels-born violinist Noé Inui; and new work by Turkish-American composer Kameron Ince, who lives and works in Tennessee.
In March, another American composer will occupy a BSO program – the intricate and mercurial centenarian Elliott Carter, whom Aaron Copland described as “one of America’s most distinguished creative artists in any field.” Carter’s Elegy shares the program with Schubert’s Symphony in b minor, “Unfinished.”
The BSO’s season finale in April features music by Mahler performed by soprano Sabrina Laney-Warren. The program is anchored by Beethoven’s light-hearted and boisterous 8th Symphony, foreshadowing Beethoven’s 9th, which kicks off the BSO’s 50th anniversary season in 2012-2013.
Season tickets are now on sale. Adult tickets for the five subscription concerts of 2011-2012 are $132; tickets for seniors 65 and up are $125; and tickets for students are $30. Individual tickets are also available: $30 for adults, $26 for seniors 65 and up, and $8 for students. Reserve tickets by calling the symphony box office at 931-525-2633. No tickets are required for the September concert in Dogwood Park.
