The South Carolina Philharmonic's occasional Beethoven and Blue Jeans concerts combine recognized masterworks by the iconic composer with more contemporary fare. This installment from January 2013 pairs his bucolic "Pastoral" Symphony with a concerto for percussion and orchestra by an acclaimed contemporary Scottish composer, James MacMillan, who based his work on the familiar Advent plainchant. The concerto includes talented percussionist Lisa Pegher in a featured role. Raising the curtain on the concert is a seminal work by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Listen to the entire program: South Carolina Philharmonic: Masterworks 4 - Beethoven and Blue Jeans
Billboard and introduction to Williams’ Tallis Fantasia – Lauren Rico
RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morohiko Nakahara, conductor
Introduction to MacMillan’s Veni, Veni, Emmanuel – Lauren Rico
JAMES MACMILLAN: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morohiko Nakahara, conductor
Lisa Pegher – Percussion
Break and Introduction to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony – Mike McKay and Lauren Rico
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 in F major
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morohiko Nakahara, conductor
Introduction to Mozart’s Concerto No. 10 – Lauren Rico
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos in E-flat Major
South Carolina Philharmonic
Morohiko Nakahara, conductor
Vanessa Meiling Haynes – piano
Bolton Ellenberg - piano
Introduction to Scarlatti’s Sonatas – Lauren Rico
DOMENICO SCARLATTI: Sonatas
Dmitri Levkovich – piano
End of the show – Mike McKay and Lauren Rico