Emergence

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra presents EMERGENCE

Music Director and Conductor Mario Alejandro Torres | Nathan Chan, cello

THE PROGRAM
ARAM KHACHATURIAN: Gayane’s Adagio
EDWARD ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 – Nathan Chan, cello
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

The Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra’s opening concerts are set to comfort, welcome, and delight our beloved audience. We open the concert with the soothing and warmhearted Gayane’s Adagio by Aram Khachaturian, from his ballet “Gayane.” The fascinating Nathan Chang then joins the stage to perform Elgar’s captivating Cello Concerto in E minor, one of the most important pieces in the cello literature. The BSO will conclude the concert with Brahms’ most endearing symphony, Symphony No. 2 in D major. After almost twenty years of perfecting and working on his first symphony, the second bloomed effortlessly from the master’s mind. On the surface, this work is light in character; digging deeper, we find that Brahms’ second symphony embraces an expansive and nuanced array of emotions.