Thursday, September 22, 2011

Kalamazoo Symphony: 'Clarinetist Anthony McGill performs Mozart's Clarinet Concerto' Oct. 21 & 22

[Clarinetist Anthony McGill]

Clarinetist Anthony McGill is a Metropolitan Opera Orchestra member who performed with violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. In 2010, he released his own CD, Anthony McGill: That Lightness of Spirit, which is distributed through CDBaby.com. Its repertoire is drawn from the music of France, Russia and the United States. The Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra has made this announcement as part of its 2011-2012 Season schedule:

Clarinetist Anthony McGill performs Mozart's Clarinet Concerto to complement a program including Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin and Schubert's Symphony No. 5. Guest Conductor Matthias Bamert leads the KSO.”

“Kalamazoo Symphony
Mozart & Schubert
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 8pm
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 8pm
Chenery Auditorium
Prelude talk begins at 7:00 p.m.

“Anthony McGill performed with Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma at the 2009 Inauguration. Matthias Bamert conducts.

PROGRAM
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5

Read program notes (by Kay and Karen Woodworth)

FEATURED ARTISTS
Matthias Bamert, Guest Conductor
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra"

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