As part of its outreach mission of educating the young by featuring young artists, the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra is proud to offer a Young Strings Festival Concert on Saturday, January 30 at 7:00 PM. These predominantly middle school string players will be performing selected themes from Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1.
This opening dovetails nicely with the Symphony's third concert of the season entitled Prodigy – A Concert of Firsts. Works on the program include conductor Diane Wittry's Mist, a Connecticut Premiere, Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 with New Canaan native Andrew Armstrong, and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 1.
With more than 35 concertos to his credit, Andrew Armstrong has performed for a wide array of national and international audiences. Before beginning his career as a concert pianist, he received over 25 national and international First Prizes including the Jury Discretionary Award at the1993 Van Cliburn Competition and the 1996 Gilmore Young Artist award. He has performed with major orchestras throughout the world and will make his debut with the Vancouver Symphony, Omaha Symphony and San Antonio Symphony during this concert series year.
If you wish to acquaint yourself with these pieces, be sure to check the Library's holdings.
