Masterworks: Alabama Composer World Premiere
Masterworks II: Alabama Composer World Premiere and Stravinsky’s Firebird, featuring soloist Stephen Clark
Monday, October 28, 2024 at 7pm
Troy University’s Davis Theatre for Performing Arts
The MSO opens the evening with a world premiere performance of a newly commissioned piece by Alabama native J.R. Speake. The evening is rounded out by an exploration of folklore in the iconic works by Debussy and Stravinsky.
Recipient of the 2016 Sir James Galloway Rising Star Award, International flute soloist Stephen Clarke joins the MSO for a performance of American composer Lowell Lieberman’s Flute Concerto.
Program
J.R. Speake – Wallpaper Ascot
World Premiere – MSO Commission: Alabama Composers Project
Lowell Liebermann – Flute Concerto
-Intermission-
Claude Debussy – Afternoon of a Faun
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird
Who is Stephen Clark?
Recipient of the 2016 Sir James Galway Rising Star Award, 1st Prize winner of the 2018 IMKA Music Competition and 1st Prize winner of the 2018 Alexander & Buono International Flute Competition, Stephen Clark has given over a thousand performances across all 7 continents and made his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall in 2018. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Northern College of Music and in Switzerland with Sir James Galway. Stephen is the Flute Professor at Northwestern State University.
Pre-Concert Chat with Maestro
October 28, 2024 at 6pm in Whitley Hall’s Gold Room
Have you ever wondered about the personal life of a composer? What about the historical context of a symphony? Learn about these and other interesting facts as Maestro Reeves shares eclectic background information from the evening’s upcoming music and reveals the sometimes scandalous stories connected with the lives of the featured composers.