Saturday, April 20, 2024 | 7:30 p.m.
in Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
PUCCINI: Crisantemi
ARUTIUNIAN: Trumpet Concerto
EVERSON: Festival Fanfare (World Premiere)
HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
John Hagstrom, trumpet
Our season finale is a heartfelt memorial tribute to former CUSO Music Director and Conductor Paul Vermel, who led the orchestra from 1974 to 1994. The concert begins with Brahms’ beautiful Variations on a Theme by Haydn and Crisantemi, an eloquent elegy by Puccini. CUSO will also honor Maestro Vermel’s memory by performing music that he conducted with the orchestra. John Hagstrom, long-time member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra trumpet section, will dazzle in the tuneful and energetic Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutiunian. Hindemith’s brilliant Symphonic Metamorphosis is a tour de force for the symphony orchestra and a thrilling tribute to Paul Vermel’s celebrated musical tenure as CUSO’s Conductor.
TICKETS
$40 standard/$36 senior/$10 youth, student of any age