Greenwich Village Orchestra: Winter Dreams
$30 ($20 student/senior); pay-as-you-can available at the door
- Samuel Magill, cello
- Barbara Yahr, conductor
- Eric Mahl, conductor
Anton Rubinstein — Cello Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 96 (Samuel Magill, cello)
Sergei Prokofiev — Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Former Metropolitan Opera Associate Principal Cello Samuel Magill performs Anton Rubinstein's rarely heard Cello Concerto No. 2. The program also includes Sergei Prokofiev's lyrical and uplifting Symphony No. 5 and Florence Price's tone poem The Oak.
About Greenwich Village Orchestra
The Greenwich Village Orchestra is committed to making music at the highest possible level and enriching the lives of both players and audience through emotionally charged, exhilarating performances. The GVO was founded in 1986 by a group of musicians from the New York Metropolitan area. The 70-member community orchestra is made up of accountants, actors, artists, attorneys, carpenters, editors, physicians, professors, photographers, computer programmers, retirees, scientists, students, and teachers, among others. The GVO regularly performs with internationally acclaimed soloists. In recent years, the orchestra has performed alongside soloists such as violinists Andrés Cárdenes, Itamar Zorman, and Hye-Jin Kim; cellists Edward Arron, Raman Ramakrishnan, David Heiss, and Brook Speltz; soprano Christine Goerke; mezzo-sopranos Jennifer Johnson Cano and Naomi O’Connell; baritone Jesse Blumberg; trumpet soloist Brandon Ridenour; and more.
http://gvo.orgAbout Samuel Magill, cello
Former Metropolitan Opera Associate Principal Cellist Samuel Magill has been called "…a world-class artist…" by Fanfare Magazine and hailed as "flat-out magnificent" by Lorin Maazel. His many appearances as soloist include the Schumann and the Brahms Double Concertos in Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and the Brahms and the Haydn D major Concertos in Alice Tully Hall. Magill is also a founding member of the New York Piano Quartet and the flute, cello, and harp trio Sono Auros. Festivals Mr. Magill has participated in include the Tanglewood, Aspen, Tahoe, Castleton, and the Festival Albert Roussel in France and Belgium.
https://www.samuelmagill.com/