Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra season opens Saturday
In this Sept. 2018 photo, the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra performs at the Salvation Army Kroc Center theater.
File Photo courtesy of The Coeur d'Alene Symphony
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Award-winning pianist and Sandpoint resident Daniel Hughes will join the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra on Saturday at the Schuler Performing Arts Center performing Concerto no. 23 by composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Courtesy photo
The Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra performs at the Salvation Army Kroc Center theater in April of 2018. Courtesy photo
The Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra is opening their season Saturday with a program inspired by 19th century pieces at North Idaho College Schuler Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.
“Transcendence: Mozart’s (R)evolution” features three composers from Vienna and will be conducted by associate conductor Dr. Phil Baldwin, director of string studies and professor of violin at Whitworth University in Spokane.
The opening piece, “Sinfonia in C Major,” is the only surviving symphony from a female composer of the Classical era, written by Marianna Martines at the age of 16.
Her talent took her to fame and wealth, but much of her work has been lost because of her gender.
Concerto no. 23, next on the night’s program, was published nine years after the death of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
When 25-year-old Mozart moved to Vienna he attended Martines’ musical parties and was somewhat influenced by her work.
The last piece on the program is Beethoven’s 7th Symphony written by Ludwig Von Beethoven in 1812, in agony over his hearing loss.
During the days of Martines and Mozart, young Beethoven came to Vienna and studied with Franz Joseph Haydn. He later carried forward and reshaped their musical influences.
Award-winning pianist and Sandpoint resident Daniel Hughes will join the symphony to perform the Mozart piece.
Recently, Hughes won first place and audience favorite in the 2021 Glory Int’l Piano Competition and first place in the 2020 Sound Espressivo international competition.
TIckets are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors 65 and older, and $10 for students, available at cdasymphony.org/tickets or at the door.
Masks are highly recommended.
