49th Annual President’s Concert – Arizona Symphony Orchestra
with 2022-2023 Concerto Competition winners
Gloria Ines Orozco Dorado, clarinet
Wenxin Guan, piano
Martina Portychova, mezzo-soprano
Emmy Tisdel, violin
February 4, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
February 5, Sunday, 3:30 p.m.
Crowder Hall, $10 music.arizona.edu/tickets
The 49th Annual President’s Concert will feature the Arizona Symphony Orchestra and student soloists who won the highly competitive University of Arizona Concerto Competition. Featuring clarinetist Gloria Ines Orozco Dorado, performing the “Black Dog Concerto” by Scott McAllister; pianist Wenxin Guan, performing movements II and III of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 by Felix Mendelssohn; mezzo-soprano Martina Portychova, performing “Nobles Seigneurs, salut!” from Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer; and violinist Emmy Tisdel, performing movement I of the Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35 by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The students are selected from each area of the Fred Fox School of Music – strings, voice, wind and percussion, and keyboard. They represent the depth of talent at the school, shining in this performance with the Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Graduate students Yudai Ueda and Fátima Corona del Toro will conduct the students’ performances. The program will also include works by Myroslav Skoryk and Alexander Borodin, under the baton of Dr. Thomas Cockrell.
Melody
Myroslav Skoryk
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Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25
Felix Mendelssohn
II.Andante (1809-1847)
III.Presto—Molto allegro e vivace
Wenxin Guan, piano
Yudai Ueda, conductor
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“Nobles Seigneurs, salut!” from Les Huguenots
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Martina Portychova, mezzo-soprano
María Fátima Corona Del Toro, conductor
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Black Dog Concerto
Scott McAllister
Gloria Ines Orozco Dorado, clarinet
Yudai Ueda, conductor
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Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
I.Allegro moderato (1840-1893)
Emmy Tisdel, violin
María Fátima Corona Del Toro, conductor
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Polovtsian Dances from the opera Prince Igor
Alexander Borodin
Event Program