New season kicks off with Maestro Slatkin’s 70th birthday celebrations, DSO’s Day of Service
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) opens its classical season with the virtuosic American violinist Sarah Changperforming American composer Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto.
Conducted by DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the program will feature William Bolcom’s Circus Overture, composed in honor of Slatkin’s 70th birthday, which premiered at the Tanglewood Festival this summer. The performances, taking place Fri., October 10 at 10:45 a.m.; Sat., October 11 at 8 p.m.; and Sun., October 12 at 3 p.m., will also include Ron Nelson’sSarabande for Katharine in April and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
DSO’s 2014-15 classical season opens with a celebration of Maestro Slatkin’s 70th birthday and the start of his seventh season as DSO music director. Join the DSO at the Saturday evening performance for a birthday celebration including cake and refreshments.
Opening Week festivities also include DSO’s second annual Day of Service onOctober 10. That afternoon, the Max M. Fisher Music Center will be closed. DSO Musicians, Board and Staff will spend the afternoon serving one of three Detroit organizations as a show of gratitude for the support the Orchestra receives daily from its community.
The Virtuosity of Sarah Chang will be webcast to a global audience during theSunday performance via the DSO’s “Live from Orchestra Hall” series. Go todso.org/live to view the concert from your computer or mobile device anywhere in the world.
The Barber Violin Concerto is part of a season-long celebration of the Concerto in America, featuring concerti written by American composers and those that received their World Premiere within American borders.
At the Sat., October 11 performance, a pre-concert presentation by Maestro Slatkin and composer William Bolcom will explore the making of Bolcom’sCircus Overture. At the Sun., October 12 performance, guest speaker Mark Clague, associate professor of Musicology and Director of Research at University of Michigan, will discuss the bicentenary of the US National Anthem. Pre-concert presentations begin one hour before the start of the performance.
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