Noblesville, IN Event Guide

NSO 2008 - 2009 WINTER CLASSICAL CONCERT
We are very pleased to have Emily Stanek as our guest flutist for this evening's concert. Ms. Stanek is a highly regarded soloist in the region, and has held positions in several orchestras including Principal position with the Akron Symphony Orchestra. She will be featured on a relatively new work by American composer Christopher Rouse. The five-movement work includes simple melodic elaborations which evoke traditions of Celtic, expecially Irish, folk music. Considered one of the masterpieces of symphonic literature for orchestra, Italian composer Ottorino Respighi's "Pines of Rome" will bring a thrilling, powerful conclusion to this night's concert. Each of four movements depicts a location of pine trees around the city of Rome during different parts of the day. The final movement, "The Pines of the Appian Way" depicts legions of Roman soldiers making a triumphant entry to the city - - all with glorious crescendo and antiphonal brass throug...