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Page 6D The Battalion Monday, August 27, H Mozart anniversary tops 10th BVSO season Photos by Pam Stoll — courtesy of Imagemaker Franz Krager will conduct the Brazos Valley Symphony Ore- -n. o ^ L chestra. Krager is also a faculty member at Texas A&M. The Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra will begin Fall per formances Sept. 27. By John Righter A tribute to Mozart on the 200th anniversary of his death, featuring the annual gold medal winner of the Brazos Valley Young Artist Compe tition, highlights the 10th season of the Brazos Valley Symphony Or chestra. The Mozart festival, which will be performed on Tuesday, April 9 at Rudder Auditorium, includes a Mo zart Concerto from the young artist competition to be held in February. “This year’s young artist winner could be very interestring,” says Bruce Williams, executive director of the Brazos Valley Symphony So ciety. “It might be a wind player be cause Mozart wrote some concertos for oboe, clarinet and bassoon. It’s always been the piano and strings up to this point, but there’s a great chance for a wind player.” On Thursday, September 27, the symphony will begin its 1990-91 sea son with a performance of Sibelius’ “Finlandia,” Grieg’s “Piano Concerto in A minor” and Rachmaninoffs “Symphony No. 2 in E minor.” Williams describes “Finlandia” as a moving tone poem dealing with Si belius’ depiction of Finnish life. The tone poem is a 10-minute descriptive piece without the different movements of a symphony or con certo. The Grieg piano concerto will fea ture piano soloist Liu Ning, winner of last season’s young artist’s compe tition. Williams says the symphony was so impressed by the perfor mance of Ning that he was specially asked to be a soloist for its first con cert this season. On Tuesday, October 30, the sym phony will perform Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 4 in F minor” along with a violin concerto composed by Tchaikovsky and performed by solo ist Zina Schiff. Schiff, who has per formed twice before with the BVSO, is a student of famous violinist Jes- cha Heifetz. Williams says the performance is special for this year’s “President’s Concert.” At the performance, the Texas A&M President’s office will honor a particular group or organi zation from the university. The BVSO will conclude its fall concert schedule with a complete performance of Handel’s “Messiah” on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in Rudder Auditorium. The BVSO presenta tion will take part in conjunction with the Brazos Valley Chorale, and will be conducted by Jess Wade. All other concerts will be conducted by Franz Krager. Williams says the BVSO presenta tion of “Messiah” is special since the symphony will be performing Hand el’s complete work. “Many times symphonies will do parts of the ‘Messiah’ at the Easter season or other parts of the year,” Williams says, “but rarely is the com plete ‘Messiah’ performed. This is a major concert for us.” t The spring concert schedule be gins on Monday, January 28, in Rudder Theatre with a concert of Mozart. The all-Mozart presentation is part of the University Chamber Series and will feature solo singers. On Sunday, February 10, BVSO will present a children’s concert in Rudder Auditorium. The concert is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. The pieces for this perfomance have not yet been selected. After the April 9 performance of the Mozart festival, the BVSO will conclude its ’90-91 season with an outdoor concert at The Brazos Cen ter on Sunday, April 27. Williams describes the performance as “a pop concert in the Arthur Fiedler Tradi tion.” The music director and conductor of BVSO is Franz Krager. Krager is a faculty member at Texas A&M and skilled conductor who has con ducted and performed in the British Isles, Central and Western Europe, the Soviet Union, Africa, Australia, Central and South America, Canada and Mexico. Krager received his advance de grees from the University of Michi gan School of Music and spent seve- ral years performing and conducting throughout the world with Music Youth International. Krager leads the roughly 90- member BVSO, a standard sym phony complete with brass, strings, woodwinds and percussion sections. Williams says he expects between 10 and 15 A&M students to perform with the symphony this year. BVSO also has two composers that are sometimes commissioned to write pieces for the symphony. Julie Davison Larson is the sym phony’s composer-in-residence, and Dr. Peter Lieuwen also composes for the symphony. Last season, BVSO premiered Larsbn’s “The Blue Gui tar” and Lieuwen’s “Angelfire.” Besides the ’90-91 schedule, Wil Hams says it’s possible that BVSO Hi play outside of Bryan-College Sta tion for the first time. The sym phony has had several offers, Wil iiams says, but it has been unableto perform elsewhere. The BVSO office is selling season tickets for its subscription seriesunil its first concert on September Ti The subscription series for the’i 91 season excludes the Universe Chamber Series’ concert on Januan 28 and the children’s concert on February 10. The five-concert package is $65 for adults, $50 for students andse nior citizens, $32 for children undo 12 and $25 for balcony only seatsfoi students. After the first concert,tick ets will be available only attheMSC Box Office in Rudder Tower. For more information concerninj the ’90-91 BVSO concert season,cal the Brazos Valley Symphony Societt at 776-2877 or the MSC Box Office at 845-1234. OPAS promotes diversity with full arts schedule Brya again e : music v The fered a the clo: gate ch opened closing; Cow H< Mary a group fering > statewk Kline ics of t renew said thi the clut Klim multipl Su With dance’s shows, become comedi; Playi: field’s c the Sur in the 1 another T/iursd Many petition shows s But Cat By John Righter Mozart, Eastern Bloc Dancers, Lyndon Baines Johnson and the New Age of Windham Hill highlight the 1990-91 season of the MSC Op era and Performing Arts Society — its 18th season at Texas A&M. The ’90-91 season begins on Fri day, Sept. 21 with a celebration of Mozart performed by the Concert Royale and the New York Baroque Company. The Concert Royale will perform Mozart’s “Le Petite Riens” — the only dance written by Mozart. The piece will be presented with the Con cert Royale performing on actual in struments from Mozart’s period. On Friday, Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13, the first international “G- lastnost Ballet 1990-91” will be pre sented. The official presentation of the Ministries of Culture of Czechoslo vakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and the U.S.S.R. features gold and silver medalist ballet dancers in interna tional competition from all four countries. The consecutive night performances will feature com pletely different programs of dance. The presentation of “LBJ,” a re flection on the accomplishments and disappointments of former Presi dent and Texan Lyndon Baines Johnson, will be staged Thursday, November 1. The one-man show, starring stage actor Laurence Luckinbill, will focus on Johnson’s conviction to influence America and its history. OPAS’ fall schedule ends with Ste phen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods,” on Thursday, Nov. 13. “Into the Woods” was the winner of three 1988 Tony Awards and voted Best Musical of 1988 by the New York Drama Critics Circle. The spring schedule for OPAS begins with “Winter Solstice,” a New Age presentation by Windham Hill Records. Windham Hill, pioneers of the currently “in vogue” New Age music — a blend of traditional instruments and contemporary melodies — will present three of its leading artists for the Tuesday, Jan. 15 performance. On Friday, February I, “Kodo,” a touring troupe from Japan, will bring its famous traditional-styled percussion to A&M. The percussion company per forms on the oversized “taiko” and other traditional Japanese drums, recreating the sounds of centuries of Japanese music and history. “Orchestra De Paris,” one of the world’s premier orchestras from Pa ris, will perform Thursday, Feb. 28. The orchestra will be joined by the Labeque Sisters, internationally rec ognized pianists, for an evening of classical music. The ’90-91 regular season ends for OPAS on Thursday, April 25, with the presentation of Lerner & Lowe’s “Camelot.” The Tony Award-winning musical features 18 elaborate sets, more than 160 regal costumes and its famous classical music. In addition to the eight regular presentations, OPAS will also pre sent “Oil City Symphony” as a spe cial bonus show on Thursday, March 21. The musical, described as a “high school reunion,” will be available to the general public, but it’s free for all season ticket holders. All OPAS presentations will take place in Rucider Auditorium, and tickets for each performance can be purchased at the MSC Box Office in Rudder Tower. Derek Moore is chair of OPAS for the ’90-91 season, with Joel Ehrlich as vice chair. Advisors for OPAS this year are Anne Black, Terri Becker, Cynthia Biek and James R. Rey nolds. OPAS is involved not only in the selection and financing of its presen tations, but also with the operations, public relations and publicity for each event. All freshmen and transfers inter ested in joining OPAS this year should visit its booth at MSC Open House on Sunday, Sept. 2. 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