eTEST Virtual Concert

Virtual concert featuring the NSO Betsy L. Kent Youth Concerto Competition honorable mention winners Zoe Yost, viola, and Sam Kim, cello.
View interviews with our soloists.

Joseph Haydn, Cello Concerto No. 1 in C-Major (H.VIIb:1): I – Moderato
Samuel Kim, cello
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5: IV – Adagietto. Sehr langsam
William Walton,Viola Concerto: I – Andante comodo
Zoe Yost, viola
W.A. Mozart, Symphony No. 35, K. 385 – “Haffner Symphony”

Your donations are greatly appreciated.
We thank our Virtual Concert Sponsors: Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory; Mallard Financial Partners;The Practice Avoidance Happy Hour Group; Artisans Bank; Salesianum School; Delaware Division of the Arts; and Delaware Community Foundation.

NSO celebrates the Holiday Season!  Special music from NSO Music Director Simeone Tartaglione; Alessandra Cuffaro, violin; and NSO Concertmaster, Serban Petrescu.  Plus NSO Brass!

Featured soloist: Gabriel Benton, organ
– Giovanni Gabrieli, ”Canzona per Sonare No.2”
– J.S. Bach, “Passcaglia” in C Minor, BWV 582 for Organ
– Léon Boëllmann, Suite Gothique – Gabriel Benton, soloist
II. Menuet gothique; IV. Toccata
– Ludwig van Beethoven, String Trio, Op. 9, No. 3
– Eugène Gigout, ”Grand Choeur Dialogue” for Organ, Brass
NSO musicians: Alan Hodesblatt(Violin); Kathy Hutchison(viola); Michael Smith(cello); Glenn Davis(Trumpet); Keith Herron(Trumpet); LindaHeckert(Horn); James Olson(Trombone);Brian Cox(Tuba)

Many thanks to the Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington DE for donating rehearsal space for this concert.

• A special National Anthem ‘TILE’ orchestra Project 
• Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings (in remembrance for all the victims of COVID-19).
• Vivaldi, Four Seasons featuring NSO Concertmaster Serban Petrescu

Our panel of experts takes viewers through the history of Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons violin concertos. They discuss Vivaldi’s life, the history of the baroque concerto as well as how to perform one, and the programmatic nature of the works themselves. Simeone Tartaglione, Russell Murray, and Mike Kelly join the conversation this week on Program Noted, hosted by Niki Purdy.