Pioneer Valley Symphony 87th Season Opening Concert

Ethyl Smyth, arr. Anthony Ferreira – March of the Women
Clara Wieck Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
with Yang Liu, piano
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Adoramus Te
Leopold Stokowski – Adoramus Te
Robert Schumann – Symphony No.3 “Rhenish”

Tianhui Ng, Music Director
Dr. Allegra Martin, Chorus Director

The Pioneer Valley Symphony opens the season honoring the contribution of women composers to classical music. Ethyl Smyth’s rousing “March of the Women” celebrates resilient, daring, and effective advocacy of women. The beautiful and entrancing piano concerto by Clara Wieck Schumann forms the centerpiece of the concert before exploring the world of counterpoint and chorales with Robert Schumann’s beloved Rhenish symphony prefaced by Palestrina’s Adoramus Te and Stokowski’s sumptuous rendering of it for orchestra.

Arrive early at 1PM for a pre-concert talk with Dr. David Schneider.