Eureka Symphony: A Grand Finale
Arkley Center For The Performing Arts
The Eureka Symphony presents “A Grand Finale” on Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31, at 7:30 pm at the Arkley Center for Performing Arts in Downtown Eureka. The concert is sponsored by Coast Central Credit Union.
The evening begins with the esteemed pianist Daniela Mineva performing Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, an exhilarating late-Romantic style work inspired by Polish folk songs. The virtuosic piano and the fully committed orchestra seem to be constantly urging each other on. By the last movement, a dancing oberek, the music reaches a state of almost unbearable excitement.
Professor of Music at Cal Poly Humboldt Dr. Mineva has been hailed as a “vibrant and expressive performer who could steal the show in every concert” (New York Times) and an “energetic and lively pianist who displays power and delicacy in nuanced sensitivity along with virtuoso technique” (The Baltimore Sun). Dr. Mineva’s unique approach to standard repertory, combined with the performance and dedication of works by living composers, has taken her all over the world and she remains actively engaged in diverse collaborations and experiences with a wide range of accomplishments.
The concert concludes with one of the monuments of classical music: Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major. Beethoven fondly considered Symphony No. 7 in A Major among his best works. Each movement expresses a different side of dance, from the exuberance of the first movement, the stateliness of the second, the brilliance of the third to the delirious finale, a wild Scottish reel. The symphony was described by Richard Wagner in 1850 as the “apotheosis of the dance”—dance raised to its highest level, where it approaches the divine.” Only Beethoven could have taken dance to this level of Bacchic ecstasy. If you find it hard to breathe, you won’t be alone.
A free pre-concert talk, “Musical Notes,” by concertmaster Terrie Baune and pianist John Chernoff, is also at the Arkley from 6:30-7:00 pm, and is a fun and informative way to learn about the music and the composers. Tickets range from $10-54, depending on the seats and time of purchase. Details and tickets are online at eurekasymphony.org.
To learn more about the concert in advance, join host Elizabeth Morrison on Zoom, Monday, May 26, from 6:00-7:30 pm for a pre-concert talk sponsored by the Eureka Symphony and the Eureka Chamber Music Series. For details visit “Live & Local Concert Preview”, a free OLLI Special Interest Group.
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- Friday, May 30 : 7:30-9:30 p.m.
- Saturday, May 31 : 7:30-9:30 p.m.
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- Phone: 707-845-3655
- Email: EurekaSymphony@gmail.com
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