June 25-26
TRIUMPH
Sunday | 6.26.22 | 2:00 PM
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 West 37th Street
Gustav Mahler believed that “a symphony must be like the world; it must embrace everything.” The composer’s monumental Fifth Symphony traverses the full range of human experience, from the deepest sorrow to unbridled jubilation, in a brilliant conclusion to the season. Each performance begins with a woodwind showcase: Otar Gordeli’s sparkling Flute Concertino (6/25), and Gabriela Lena Frank’s rumination on fairy tales and indigeneity, Will-o’-the-Wisp (6/26).
Program
Flute Concertino, Op. 8
(Saturday only)
Will-o’-the-Wisp
(Sunday only)
Symphony No. 5
Featured Artists
Kim Lewis is a New York-based flutist with immense passion as a performer and teacher. Informed by a rounded education in the arts throughout her childhood in Ohio, including study in dance, voice, and piano, she brings a wealth of experiences to her focus on the flute. As a soloist, Kim has received first place in the 2017 New Jersey Flute Society Concerto Competition, as well as the 2014 Central Ohio Flute Association Competition - Collegiate Division. She was also …
Flutist Nicole Schroeder Raimato made her Carnegie Hall debut as First Prize Winner of the 2014 International Shining Stars Concerto Competition. According to the Epoch Times, “Schroeder played with a beautiful, well-projected tone undiluted by excess air, as well as subtly understated dynamics and lyrical phrasing.” Nicole has played in the pit orchestra for the Broadway production of Wicked and the Off-Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish; appeared on the TV show Mozart in the Jungle; and …
Conductor
A leader in the 21st century orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin is constantly reaching new audiences through innovative performance formats and creative initiatives both on and off the podium.
The 2022-23 season kicks off Dr. Aubin’s inaugural year as Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is Music Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and serves as Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony. In his role at TCS, he has led highly visible collaborations with partners such …
Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Highlights of his 2023-24 season include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, violinist Randall Goosby, and clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the inauguration of The …