Symphony Spotlight - 1/21/21
Symphony Spotlight
Hello Albany Symphony Friends and Supporters! This week's Symphony Spotlight includes information about the upcoming Romantic Brahms subscription concert, WMHT Radio Hour, Virtual Symphony in Our Schools, and more!
Romantic Brahms-
Saturday, February 13
Celebrate Valentine's weekend with the Albany Symphony! The 5th subscription concert of the 20-21 Virtual Season is Saturday, February 13, and will feature works by Sir William Walton, Johannes Brahms, and a new commission by composer Tyson Davis. Click the links below to become a subscriber and watch the LIVE presentation, or make a donation to receive access beginning Friday, February 19.
Every year we enjoy going into classrooms to introduce young people to the instruments of the orchestra. Our musicians take pleasure in presenting their instrument in fun and innovative ways. This year we have taken our Symphony in Our Schools program virtual! Check out this video by Eric Berlin. If you are interested in finding out more, sign up for Symphony Kids on our website.
Albany
Symphony Hour
The Albany Symphony Hour continues with the help of WMHT! Tune in via 89.1 FM Albany, 88.7 FM Poughkeepsie, or online at wmht.org/classical on Friday 1/22 at 6pm!
Interested in Supporting the Symphony?
Click the button below to make a donation to the Albany Symphony, and help make these virtual activities possible!
The Hill We Climb by Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman was one of the most stunning moments of yesterday's Presidential Inauguration ceremony. Swept away by the musical as much as the poetical beauty of the reading, we are reminded how art transcends the lines we draw: poem as a written art form; poetry as performance; poetry as music; and poetry set to and/or inspiring music. Poet Laureate Gorman exhorts us to transcend other boundaries -- the lines we draw between ourselves to come together as a nation.
We are striving to forge a union with purpose
To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and
conditions of man
And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us
but what stands before us
We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,
we must first put our differences aside
Tchaikovsky Sereade -
On-Demand Now
In case you missed the live performance of Tchaikovsky Serenade on January 9th, the recorded performance is on-demand until February 8th! Click the link below and enter the password (all CAPS) JESSIE0109 to enjoy this FREE concert.