Saturday, February 20, 2021 | 12:15 PM Livestreamed from Neidorff-Karpati Hall MSM STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA George Manahan (BM ’73, MM ’76), Conductor PROGRAM J. S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 (1685–1750) Allegro Adagio Allegro CARLOS SIMON Elegy (b. 1986) Dedicated to Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Michael Brown OTTORINO RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 (1879–1936) MSM STRING CHAMBER ORCHESTRA VIOLIN 1 VIOLIN 2 VIOLA CELLO DOUBLE BASS Carlos Martinez Basil Alter Kunbo Xu Noah Koh Dante Ascarrunz Arroyo Clinton, South Carolina Changsha, Hunan, China Bayside, New York Lafayette, Colorado Cabra, Córdoba, Spain Francesca Abusamra Jack Rittendale Eliza Fath Jakob Messinetti Shiqi Luo Rochester Hills, Michigan St. Louis, Missouri Fairfield, Connecticut Lawrence, New York Shanghai, China Maria Paparoni Zoe Daphnee Messiah Ahmed Caracas, Venezuela Lavoie-Gagne Dallas, Texas San Diego, California Students in this performance are supported by the Joseph F. McCrindle Scholarship and the Hans & Klara Bauer Scholarship. We are grateful to the generous donors who made these scholarships possible. For information on establishing a named scholarship at Manhattan School of Music, please contact Susan Madden, Vice President for Advancement, at 917-493-4115 or
[email protected]. ABOUT THE ARTISTS George Manahan, Conductor George Manahan is in his 11th season as Director of Orchestral Activities at Manhattan School of Music, as well as Music Director of the American Composers Orchestra and the Portland Opera. He served as Music Director of the New York City Opera for 14 seasons and was hailed for his leadership of the orchestra. He was also Music Director of the Richmond Symphony (VA) for 12 seasons.