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Stephen Burns, Chicago’s multi-talented conductor, trumpet virtuoso, composer and professor, returns to lead the Strings in a classic program with a “now” twist. He also will perform Haydn’s brilliant Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major and collaborate from
the podium with award-winning pianist Lori Kaufman in Mozart’s C Major Piano
Concerto No. 21. Kaufman, who is a major presence on the Chicago musical scene
and performed Chopin with the Strings last year, has plans to perform across
Southeast Asia during the 2011-2012 season. Deerfield resident Armando Susmano marks his composing debut with the Strings with
his orchestral Serenade featuring Constance Volk,
principal flute of the New Millennium Orchestra.
The three-movement “ expression of love”
highlights folklore rhythms of Susmano’s native
Argentina enhanced by the special sound effects
of the marimba, large triangle and woodblock.
Schubert’s enchanting Fifth Symphony known as
“The Symphony without Trumpets and Drums,”
pays homage to Mozart in the warm Andante.
“Lori Kaufman’s performance was a virtuoso exercise in
control of touch and dynamics.”
– The Boston Globe
“Burns uses his instrument with the lightness and flexibility of a singer in operatic arias. The tone is smooth and buttery, the ornamentation tasteful, the phrasing refined.”
– The New York Times
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Lori Kaufman
Stephen Burns
Susmano
Serenade for Flute, Strings and Percussion
Constance Volk, flute
Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major
Stephen Burns, trumpet
Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485
Mozart
Concerto No. 21 for Piano and Orchestra
in C Major, K. 467
Lori Kaufman,Piano
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