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“Sinfonietta concert, season grand” from the Advocate (Robin Miller)

Dmitri Shostakovich declared the “Scherzo” for his “Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11” as “the best thing I’ve ever written.”

The Louisiana Sinfonietta can now lay its own claim on the piece, especially the final note.

It was triumphant. And it’s amazing how so much significance can be packed into a single note.

Continuing reading the review from The Advocate

Announcing the 2012-2013 Season

1. September 23, 2012 – LSU School of Music Recital Hall
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Trumpets
Brian Shaw, James West, trumpets
Mozart: Piano Concerto
Maria Asteriadou, piano
Dinos Constantinides: Violin Concerto No 2
Espen Lilleslaten, violin
Alan Hovhaness: Overture Op. 76, No. 1
John Metcalf, trombone
W.A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major
Espen Lilleslaten, violin

2. October 21, 2012 – LSU School of Music Recital Hall
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Bassoon in C Major
Gabriel Beavers, bassoon
Peter Dickinson: Monologue for Strings
Dinos Constantinides: Music for Bill
Jules Demersseman: Fantasie for Saxophone and Strings
Pedro Iturralde: Czardas for Saxophone and Strings
Theodore Kerkezos, saxophone
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40

3. January 27, 2013 – LSU School of Music Recital Hall
‘Music for the Young at Heart’
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon
Elizabeth Miller, oboe
Scott Miller, bassoon
Richard Wagner: Adagio for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Victor Drescher, clarinet
Franz Schubert: Rondo in A Major for Violin and Strings
Lin He, violin
J.S. Bach: Piano Concerto No. 7 in G minor
Unhi Kim, piano
Judy Constantinides: Musical Story
 
4. March 17, 2013 – LSU School of Music Recital Hall
Luigi Boccherini: Symphony No 6
Dinos Constantinides: Transformations for Clarinet and Orchestra
Robert DiLutis, clarinet
W.A. Mozart: Rondo Concertant in Bb for Violin and Orchestra, K. 269
Kelly Smith Toney, violin
Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Concerto in D Major
Michael Gurt, piano

5. April 28, 2013 – LSU School of Music Recital Hall
Sinfonietta Soloists

Tickets for the Louisiana Sinfonietta

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General Admission
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Summer Library Concerts 2012

Louisiana Sinfonietta
Summer Library Concerts 2012

Summer Dreams

Tuesday, June 5 2:30 p.m. – Jones Creek

Monday, June 11 10:00 a.m. – Scotlandville

Tuesday, June 12 10:00 a.m. – Greenwell Spgs

Wednesday, June 13 2:30 p.m. – Bluebonnet

Thursday, June 14 10:00 a.m. – Main Library

All concerts are free and intended for all ages.

 
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