NORTH VALLEY – North Valley Symphony Orchestra (NVSO) is pleased to present its fifth orchestral season, bringing an affordable concert experience to communities of the Phoenix North Valley. The 2016-17 concert season includes four extraordinary music performances, beginning with “Three Bs: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms,” on Saturday, October 22, 7 p.m. at North Canyon High School Auditorium, 1700 E. Union Hills Drive.
The “Three Bs: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms” concert includes three selections showcasing the well-known classical composers. Known as one of the greatest symphonists, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his very first symphony when he was not yet 30-years-old, a symphony in C Major. Finished in 1800, his First Symphony honors the tradition of Mozart, dead less than a decade, and Haydn, who had given Beethoven enough lessons to know that his student would soon set out on his own.
Johannes Brahms Fourth Symphony, his final symphonic work, provides a sure-fire way to attract audience members with its comfortingly familiar melodies and melancholy, its satisfying symphonic coherence, and its appeal to musicians and conductors. Phoenix audiences rarely have the opportunity to hear this despairing, troubling and astonishing symphony.
The highlight of the evening will be Johann Sebastian Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. The least known and most rarely performed of the six Brandenburg Concertos, the piece features an unusual combination of instruments…there are no violins at all, but two viola soloists, viola, cello, bass and harpsichord. The viola was Bach’s favorite orchestral instrument. NVSO Concertmaster Craig Triplett will join his wife, NVSO viola principal Jessica Triplett, in performing the viola solos.
The Youth Orchestra will introduce their season to NVSO audience members by taking the stage for a short time to perform Brahms’ Hungarian Dances No.4, 5 & 6.
NVSO is committed to making concert tickets affordable for all. Ticket prices are $5.00 each concert, or $15.00 for a full Season Pass to include all four concerts. Purchase tickets at our website, www.northvalleysymphony.org, or by calling 623-980-4628.
NVSO is supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts with funding from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.
