Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz
Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 8:00 P.M.
Flato Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts Join Maestro Kristian Alexander while he leads the Kindred Spirits Orchestra in celebrating the first concert of the season. César Frank’s dark and haunting Le Chasseur Maudit paints the portrait of an accursed huntsman condemned to be pursued by demons for an eternity. Teenage sensation Anson Hui rises to the challenge of performing Beethoven’s vigorous Concerto for Piano No. 1. Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, a truly programmatic work, dramatically tells the story of love, passion, despair, hallucination and death.
Kristian Alexander | conductor
Anson Hui | pianist
Alexa Petrenko | host (Classical 96.3 FM radio)
7:00 p.m. Silent auction begins in the foyer of Markham Theatre and closes at 9:30 pm
7:15 p.m. Prélude (pre-concert recital)
7:30 p.m. Pre-concert talk
Intermission discussion with Alexa Petrenko and Anson Hui
Post-concert live jazz with complimentary glass of Champagne
