American Gems & Romanian Cimbalom Music

Chamber Orchestra Concert

Monday, February 4, 2019, 7:30 p.m.
Wayne State University, Schaver Recital Hall, 480 W Hancock St, Detroit, MI 48201

Join us for a Chamber Orchestra Concert at Wayne State University, February 4, 2019, at the Shaver Music Recital Hall, to enjoy performances of American Gems and Romanian Cimbalom Music.

Brilliance and beauty abound as Romanian cimbalom virtuoso Alexandru Şura performs an arrangement of Paganini’s Caprice No. 24, as well as other Romanian favorites such as Enescu’s Rhapsody No. 1, the Barbu Lăutaru Suite, and Dinicu’s Hora staccato with the Wayne State University Orchestra, joined by faculty and musicians from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The first part of the program features American gems by Copland, Moore, and Piston.

Concert Program

Walter Piston (1894–1976)
Serenata for Orchestra 

Dorothy Rudd Moore (b. 1940)
Transcension 

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Quiet City
Stephanie Shapiro, English Horn, Mike McGowan, trumpet

– INTERMISSION –

George Enescu (1881–1955) (arr. Şura)
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) (arr. Şura)
Caprice No. 24 

anonymous (arr. Şura)
Folk suite Barbu Lăutarul

Grigoraș Dinicu (1889-1949) (arr. Şura)
Hora Staccato
Alexandru Şura, cimbalom

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