On
Saturday, April 25th at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center, the Las
Vegas Philharmonic will perform its fifth and final Masterworks concert of the
2014-15 season led by Music Director Donato Cabrera and featuring Van Cliburn
silver medalist Joyce Yang.
"I'm
very excited to present this final Masterworks program of the 2014-15 season –
it really reflects what is exciting and unique about a live performance by a
versatile and virtuosic orchestra like we have here in Las Vegas. It is also a
preview of the type of concert programming I've created for our fantastic
audience for the 2015-16 season,” expressed Donato Cabrera.
“We
begin the program with what has become a modern-day classic, John Adams'
infectious 'foxtrot' for orchestra, The Chairman Dances, said Cabrera. “The
first half of the concert ends with Rachmaninoff's timeless Rhapsody on a Theme
by Paganini, which includes one of the most recognizable and beloved themes in
all of music. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky's ever-popular and
stirring Symphony No. 5. This concert is not to be missed!"
Adams’
1985 work, The Chairman Dances, was inspired by Act III of Adams’ opera Nixon
in China and commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts for the
Milwaukee Symphony. The music depicts Chairman Mao and his mistress Chiang
Ch’ing dancing a foxtrot back in an earlier time. The work demonstrates Adams’ minimalistic
style, incorporating jazz elements and a chugging rhythm.
Rachmaninoff’s
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini was based on Nicolò Paganini’s Caprices No. 24
in A minor for violin and incorporated the legend of Paganini as a demonic
violinist who traded his soul for mastery of his art. The work includes 24
variations for solo piano, from the dark melody of Dies Irae (“Day of Wrath”)
from the Requiem Mass for the Dead to the lovely and widely-recognized melody
of variation 18.
Guest
pianist Joyce Yang joins the Las Vegas Philharmonic to perform Rachmaninoff’s
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Yang started her studies at the age of four in
Seoul, Korea. She attended the School of Music at the Korea National University
of Arts at the age of 10 and went on to attend the pre-college division of
Julliard in New York. She won the silver medal at the 12th Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition, received Juilliard’s 2010 Arthur Rubinstein
Prize, and won the 30th Annual William A. Petschek Piano Recital Award. Yang
has performed with many high profile orchestras including the New York
Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and San Francisco
Symphony.
Tchaikovsky’s
Symphony No. 5 closes the orchestra’s Masterworks program. The first movement starts slow and somber,
indicative of the overall theme regarding fate, and ends energetically in the
fourth movement. Although Tchaikovsky had his doubts regarding the success of
his symphony, the music went on to become one of his most popular works.
Tickets
The
Las Vegas Philharmonic offers $26 tickets for balcony seating at all of its
2014-15 season concerts. Seats in other
sections are priced $46, $66 and $96.
Tickets are available from The Smith Center Box Office, phone
702.749.2000 or online from lvphil.org.
A 50% student discount is available on all single ticket purchases (ID required)
and a 10% discount is available to seniors and military personnel. Groups of 10 or more receive 20% off the
ticket price by calling the Las Vegas Philharmonic.
Subscriptions
to the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s 2015-16 season are now on sale. May 1, 2015 is the deadline to receive the
10% discount on subscription orders and for renewing subscribers to secure
their same seats. Subscription prices
before May 1st range from $119 for a 5-concert package to $868 for a premium
10-concert package. After May 1st, the
prices increase from $130 to $960, respectively.
Music
Director Donato Cabrera completes his first Masterworks Series with a program
featuring composers over a one hundred-year span including the stunning
keyboard showcase of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini to be
performed by thrilling young pianist Joyce Yang. Iconic American composer John Adams' The
Chairman Dances, a "foxtrot for orchestra," opens the program and the
series closes in stunning style with Tchaikovsky's lush Fifth Symphony.
Tickets
$26, $46, $66 & $96 available from The Smith Center Box Office, phone
702.749.2000 or online at lvphil.org.
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