NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra will present a concert titled “Music for Chamber Orchestras” on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall.
Douglas Bakenhus is the orchestra’s music director. Andrej Kurti is assistant conductor. Karla Gonzalez and Sofiko Tchetchelashvili are instructors.
Tickets are $16.50 each and can be purchased online at https://nnssla.org/. There is an added charge for buying tickets online. For more information, email NSUsymphony@gmail.com.
The orchestra will play “Divertimento for Brass and Percussion” by Karel Husa, “Serenade in D Minor Op. 44, for Winds, Cello and Double Bass” by Antonín Dvorák, “Concerto Grosso Op.3, No. 3, in G Major” by George Frideric Handel featuring soloists Oscar Andres Carballo Torres on violin and Tucker Uebersax on flute and “Symphony No. 6 in D Major,” (Le Matin) by Franz Joseph Haydn with soloists Parrel K. Appolis on flute, Carlos Diaz del Valle on violin and Brad Christian Powell on cello.
“The four pieces are from four different time periods: baroque, classical, romantic and 20th century,” said Bakenhus. “The piece by Husa is from the 20th century. The Dvorak work is 19th century romantic and are both Czech. Then the Handel piece is late baroque from the 1730s and the Haydn work is early classical from the 1760s.”
Bakenhus said both the Handel and Haydn works are influenced by baroque Italian “Concerto Grosso” which has groups of soloists. The piece by Handel has a flute and violin solo, and the Haydn piece has flute, violin and cello. However, the Haydn piece is composed in a classical style and is just influenced by the baroque concerto grosso, according to Bakenhus.