Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Fazil Say, piano Sunday, December 4, 3pm Concert Hall
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra kicks off its annual concert series at Purchase College with Turkish pianist and composer Fazil Say after a triumphant 2015 tour that visited New York’s Carnegie Hall and many of Europe’s great stages. This afternoon of musical luxury and levity features Say performing Mozart’s sophisticated Piano Concerto No. 21, including the gorgeous slow movement popularized by the classic Swedish film, Elvira Madigan. Say also performs his own Silk Road, an engrossing piano concerto inspired by folk music found along the ancient trade route from China to Europe. In the overture to La Scala di Seta, Rossini dishes out humor related to a silk ladder and its key role in an operatic love triangle. Haydn’s Symphony No. 83 earned its nickname, “The Hen” from its fits of lighthearted clucking.

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ROSSINI Overture to La Scala di Seta                                                                                                     MOZART Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467
SAY Concerto No. 2, Op. 4 “Silk Road”
HAYDN Symphony No.83 in g minor, Hob.I:83 “La Poule” (“The Hen”)