Irish Chamber Orchestra
Gérard Korsten, conductor
Leon Fleisher, pianist
Pádraic Keane, uilleann piper

7:30 p.m. Friday, November 4, 2011
Eisenhower Auditorium

The Irish Chamber Orchestra, resident ensemble at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, earns accolades for the freshness and vibrancy of its music-making. American virtuoso Leon Fleisher joins the orchestra as soloist for Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat Major (for the left hand), a work commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. Conducted by Gérard Korsten, music director of the London Mozart Players, the orchestra also performs Franz Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 96 in D Major, The Miracle; contemporary Irish composer Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin’s Termōn; and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A Major. Termōn, which features Pádraic Keane on uilleann pipes, commemorates the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and was commissioned by the American Ireland Fund. Keane is recipient of the Gradam Ceoil TG4 Music Award for Young Musician of the Year. The orchestra’s performance is part of the Imagine Ireland/A Year of Irish Arts in America 2011 tour.

sponsors
Gay D. Dunne and James H. Dunne

This presentation is a component of the Center for the Performing Arts Classical Music Project. With support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the project provides opportunities to engage students, faculty, and the community with classical music artists and programs.