Florence Kopleff Recital Hall
8:00pm
Michael Palmer, conductor
Michael Palmer has served as guest conductor for many orchestras throughout the United States, including the Rochester Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony and many others.
Mr. Palmer joined the Georgia State University School of Music faculty as director of orchestras in August 2004, after serving in the same capacity at Wichita State University. In 2006, he was appointed as the Charles Thomas Wurm Distinguished Professor of Orchestral Studies.
The Tragic Overture may not weep, but it does have an emotional resonance that is powerfully affecting. — Orrin Howard
There was no mention of this symphony made during the composer’s lifetime. It lay buried, like hidden treasure, in Anselm Hüttenbrenner’s cluttered study until the 1860s — more than 30 years after Schubert’s death — when it was dusted off to take its place as No. 8 among the known Schubert symphonies.
Did you know that Ravel's composition, Le Tombeau de Couperin, was originally composed for solo piano? Here is a recording of the piano suite performed by Luca Buratto.
Credits:
Created with images by Konstantin Shevtsov - "Musical instruments on the stage of concert hall" • Popova Olga - "AUSTRIA - 1997: shows portrait of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), composer, 1997" • nickolae - "Franz Schubert" • gors4730 - "Maurice Ravel Stamp"