October 2022
Winston-Salem Symphony
Winston-Salem Symphony Awadagin Pratt Piano Paul Haas Conductor Beethoven Coriolan Overture Jessie Montgomery Rounds, for piano and strings Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 Audience-favorite Awadagin Pratt returns to the keyboard for Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds. Throughout human history, the winds of war have seemingly brought the world to a stop, over and again. The concert opens with Beethoven’s depiction of Coriolanus as he prepares to lay siege to Rome and concludes with Prokofiev’s 5th Symphony, an inspiring work written at the end…
Find out more »New Worlds – Orchestra Lumos
There could be no more fitting way to launch Orchestra Lumos than with Dvorak’s celebrated ninth symphony, From the New World, as we indeed step into a new world of music-making for all of Fairfield County. This symphony is achingly nostalgic for Dvorak’s native Bohemian roots, and yet contains the soulful melody later adapted as the popular song Goin’ Home, often mistaken for a spiritual. Puerto Rican composer Ivan Enrique Rodriguez describes his orchestral fantasy Luminis as “the encirclement of…
Find out more »New Worlds – Orchestra Lumos
There could be no more fitting way to launch Orchestra Lumos than with Dvorak’s celebrated ninth symphony, From the New World, as we indeed step into a new world of music-making for all of Fairfield County. This symphony is achingly nostalgic for Dvorak’s native Bohemian roots, and yet contains the soulful melody later adapted as the popular song Goin’ Home, often mistaken for a spiritual. Puerto Rican composer Ivan Enrique Rodriguez describes his orchestral fantasy Luminis as “the encirclement of…
Find out more »Omaha Symphony
Montgomery & Beethoven 3 Renowned concert pianist Awadagin Pratt makes his first-ever appearance with the Omaha Symphony to present a brand-new work: Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra. LOCATION Holland Center Program Info STACY GARROP: Berko's Journey (World Premiere) JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Rounds Piano & String Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, Eroica Renowned concert pianist Awadagin Pratt makes his-ever first appearance with the Omaha Symphony to present a brand-new work: Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds for Piano Concerto. Pratt, who presented…
Find out more »Omaha Symphony
Montgomery & Beethoven 3 Renowned concert pianist Awadagin Pratt makes his first-ever appearance with the Omaha Symphony to present a brand-new work: Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra. LOCATION Holland Center Program Info STACY GARROP: Berko's Journey (World Premiere) JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Rounds Piano & String Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, Eroica Renowned concert pianist Awadagin Pratt makes his-ever first appearance with the Omaha Symphony to present a brand-new work: Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds for Piano Concerto. Pratt, who presented…
Find out more »November 2022
Toledo Symphony
ProMedica Masterworks: Beethoven 5 Friday, November 4, 2022, 8PM Saturday, November 5, 2022, 8PM Peristyle Theater Alain Trudel, conductor Awadagin Pratt, piano Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" Jessie Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 The Toledo symphony celebrates Alain Trudel's five years as Music Director with a program featuring Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Schubert's Eighth, and Jessie Montgomery's Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra with acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt.
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ProMedica Masterworks: Beethoven 5 Friday, November 4, 2022, 8PM Saturday, November 5, 2022, 8PM Peristyle Theater Alain Trudel, conductor Awadagin Pratt, piano Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" Jessie Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 The Toledo symphony celebrates Alain Trudel's five years as Music Director with a program featuring Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Schubert's Eighth, and Jessie Montgomery's Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra with acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt.
Find out more »El Paso Pro – Musica
Awadagin Pratt Saturday, November 12, 2022 7:30 PM 9:30 PM Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall (map) El Paso Favorite, Awadagin Pratt, the winner of the coveted Naumberg International Piano Competition, performs throughout the world as a Pianist and a Conductor and is acclaimed for his musical insight and intensively involving performances. Don't miss his wonderful approach to the classics and new music in a "One Night Only" Concert.
Find out more »New Jersey Symphony
George Manahan conductor Awadagin Pratt piano New Jersey Symphony Mozart Symphony No. 38, “Prague” Symphony No. 38—Mozart’s exploration of what a symphony could be—is brought to life by past Interim Music Director George Manahan, who was with the Symphony from 1983 through 1985. Mozart didn’t write the symphony for Prague specifically, but this grand work of mixed emotions became a gift to the city. Jessie Montgomery Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra This new piano concerto from Montgomery premieres in…
Find out more »December 2022
Columbia University School of Arts – Miller Theatre
Bach Keyboard Concertos Bach wrote many concertos for harpsichord throughout his lifetime and given his attraction to the possibilities of counterpoint and harmony, it comes as no surprise that one keyboard could not satisfy his imagination. In this program, Simone Dinnerstein partners with fellow pianists Wael Farouk and Awadagin Pratt and leads Ensemble Baroklyn for a thrilling piano extravaganza.
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