Comedy and Tragedy with the BPA Shakespeare Society
$16-$19 (age 18 and under free)
Felix Mendelssohn — A Midsummer Night's Dream Concert Overture, Op. 21
Édouard Lalo — Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21
Edvard Grieg — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Leonard Bernstein — West Side Story
Ludwig van Beethoven — Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Wesley Schulz, conductor
Bainbridge Island Symphony Orchestra
Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra
Andrew Barnwell, piano (2015 Young Artist Competition 1st-place winner)
Shintaro Taneda, violin (2015 Young Artist Competition runner-up)
Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement (Shintaro Taneda, violin)
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement (Andrew Barnwell, piano)
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Shakespeare has long been a source of artistic inspiration. His literary works have inspired visual art, plays, film, dance, music and more.
In this concert series, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra will collaborate for the first time with Director Tom Challinor and the BPA Shakespeare Society. This concert will feature music and drama drawn from and inspired by the works of Shakespeare.
Additionally, the program will showcase the BSO's 1st place Young Artist Concerto Competition Winner, Andrew Barnwell, performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement and Runner Up Shintaro Taneda performing Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement, plus the Senior Orchestra from the Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra in a side-by-side performance.
Tickets:
$19 adults
$16 students, seniors, military, teachers
Kids 18 and under free with paying adult
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's Youth in Music Initiative is generously sponsored by Wicklund Dental. Fletcher Bay Foundation also generously funded music acquisition for this season.