The Clinton Symphony Orchestra will perform the second concert of its 71st Season on Saturday, November 2nd, in Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School. Concert time is 7:30.
The Symphony and Community State Bank have for several years offered a charter bus from Clinton, through Fulton and Morrison, to the concert at the Sterling location. In addition to the travel convenience, the bus offers delivery directly to the door of the concert, avoiding location and parking concerns. Reservations are required through hosts Kathy and Dan Anderson at 563-503-4886.
Conductor Brian Dollinger has titled this concert “Prodigious Discovery” in reference an overture by Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga, a young Spanish Basque composer. Arriaga was born in the early 19th Century, and only lived to age 20. His works are just now being re-discovered. He is often referred to as “The Spanish Mozart.”
Two other well-known composers from that era, Felix Mendelssohn and Ludwig von Beethoven, are represented on this program as well, with Mendelssohn’s concert overture The Fair Melusine, inspired by European folklore, and young Beethoven’s Second Symphony.
Admission is by season ticket, or individual concert tickets are available at the door; $20 for adults. All students are admitted free of charge, and an adult accompanying a student is admitted for half-price.
Full information as well as program notes on the music to be performed is available online at www.clintonsymphony.org.
