EDMONDS — Violinist Angela Fuller Heyde will perform the Dvorak violin concerto in A minor with the Cascade Symphony at the orchestra’s 53rd season debut on Oct. 20.
The concert, “Symphonic Dances,” begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. The program features Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, the composer’s final work, known for its use of alto saxophone as a solo instrument.
The evening also includes Tchaikovsky’s Polonaise from the lyric opera “Eugene Onegin” as well as Zdenek Fibich’s Poem from “At Twilight,” an idyll for orchestra. Dave Beck from classical music radio KING-FM provides the pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m.
Heyde, the violin soloist, is the principal second violin of the Dallas Symphony and previously served as concertmaster of the Houston Symphony. She has performed solo works with many orchestras and in many music festivals around the country. As a young violinist, she was the 2000 winner of the Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
The Dvorak concerto has been a standby for such famous violinists as Itzhak Perlman and Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Symphony officials anticipate that the concert will be sold out. However, even when a concert is labeled as such, usually there are tickets available that night, said Cascade’s principal violist and longtime orchestra member Roberta McBride.
“It is true that, because we now have such a large number of season subscribers, we are selling out early for every concert, which makes it more difficult to get a single ticket,” McBride said. “But we are doing everything we can to get people in the door.”
People willing to wait in the lobby to see if tickets become available can get their names on a waiting list beginning at 6:15 p.m.
“Apparently, many subscribers view their purchase of season tickets as a way of supporting Cascade Symphony Orchestra, but then they don’t actually come to all the concerts,” McBride said. “There are always seats that go empty. This is quite discouraging to us, especially knowing that other people would fill (those seats), given the chance. To remedy this, we are asking people to turn in their tickets. The (arts center) cannot resell a seat unless they have the ticket.”
The orchestra’s season continues on Dec. 15 with excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” and many other holiday selections. The highlight, however, will be Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins in A minor performed by conductor Michael Miropolsky and concertmaster Pamela Liu.
The remaining performances will be “Hamlet” on Jan. 19, the Children’s Concert on Feb. 21, “Viva la Orchestra” on March 16 and “Dvorak, the Legend” on May 11. In addition, the Ensemble Concert is set for April 12. Details about all performances and ticket prices can be found at www.cascadesymphony.org.
Gale Fiege: 425-339-3427; gfiege@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @galefiege.
If you go
The venerable Cascade Symphony’s 53rd season begins Oct. 20 with a 7:30 p.m. concert titled “Symphonic Dances.” Tickets — $10 for youth, $15 for students, $20 for seniors and $25 general — are available at the Edmonds Center for the Arts box office, 410 Fourth Ave. N., by calling 425-275-9595 or online at www.ec4arts.org.
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