Philharmonia Northwest: Kindred Spirits
$30 ($20 senior/student; ages 17 & under free)
- Paige Roberts Molloy, piano
- Michael Wheatley, conductor
Dmitri Shostakovich — Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102 (Paige Roberts Molloy, piano)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Join Music Director Finalist Michael Wheatley and Philharmonia Northwest for this special program highlighting kinship across time and place, designed specifically for the excellent acoustics of Town Hall Seattle. Paige Roberts Molloy joins the orchestra as soloist on Dmitri Shostakovich’s shimmering Second Piano Concerto, followed by Beethoven’s immortal embodiment of the spirit of revolution: the “Eroica” Symphony. Jennifer Jolley’s The Ferry Crossing – a touching ode to arrivals, departures, and the ferries of Lake Champlain – opens the program.
About Paige Roberts Molloy, piano
Pianist Paige Roberts Molloy was born in Texas and made her orchestral debut at the age of thirteen at Baylor University, performing Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto. Since then she has been soloist with Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, East Texas Symphony, Rice University Orchestra, Jupiter Symphony, Flagstaff Festival Orchestra, and Leopoldina Orchestre in Poland. Paige has performed frequently in New York at Bargemusic, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, and Miller Theatre. She was also Artist-in-Residence at the Lotus Club. Recital appearances include Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Ottawa, Houston, Miami, Pittsburgh, Prague, and Paris. Paige has participated in many music festivals such as Marlboro, Tanglewood, Aspen, Santa Barbara, Grand Canyon, and Mecklenberg, Germany. In 1999, Paige played Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations for Twyla Tharp's ballet, which premiered in Palermo, Italy, and continued in the U.S. She subsequently performed Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata with Ms. Tharp's company at Duke University. Paige has Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Piano Performance from The Juilliard School where she studied with Abbey Simon and Peter Serkin.
https://www.seattlechambermusic.org/artists/paige-roberts-molloy/