Expressions of Youth Reena Esmail, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Johannes Brahms
February 15, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. (Inside the Music, 7–7:15 p.m.) Brahms: Academic Festival Overture Coleridge-Taylor: Symphonic Variations on an African Air Esmail: Ram Tori Maya
Plus solos by the winners of the 2024–2025 Competition for Young Musicians
The talented winners of our annual Competition for Young Musicians, Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel and Olivia Luan, are featured in this evening packed with musical inspiration and variety.
Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel Olivia LuanOlivia Luan will perform as soloist for the 1st movement of Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, by Grieg, and Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel will be soloist in the 1st movement of the Violin Concerto by Sibelius.
The opening work will be a unique collaboration among LAS, the Cantabella Children’s Chorus, and two dancers performing “Ram Tori Maya,” beautiful music of Indian-American composer Reena Esmail. Johannes Brahms caused a sensation with his marvelous “Academic Festival Overture,” using raucous melodies sung by students. The sweeping sounds of young Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Symphonic Variations on an African Air ” embellish a rarely performed masterwork you won’t want to miss!
Bankhead Theater of the
Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
2400 First Street, Livermore, California.
Note: The Livermore-Amador Symphony will always comply with current Alameda County Health mandates and recommendations plus any additional rehearsal and performance venue health requirements. (See Bankhead Theater details.) The health and well-being of our audience and musicians will be prioritized over all else.