CSO season opens with ‘Scheherazade’

For those who waited until the last minute to purchase tickets for Cascade Symphony Orchestra’s 46th season opener, presented Monday, Oct. 22 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, you missed your chance.

The program is officially sold out, according to CSO.

Led by music director Michael Miropolsky, the concert will feature well-known young cellist Joshua Roman in Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. The program will also include Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic “Scheherazade” and Verdi’s Triumphal March &Ballet from “Aida.”

George Shangrow, music director of Orchestra Seattle, will present a free pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m.

Roman was selected the new principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony last year at the age of 22, making him the youngest principal in the symphony history. His performances in the area have frequently been sell out shows.

Cascade Symphony presented its first concert in June 1962 under the direction of founder Robert B. Anderson. The symphony presents a chamber orchestra concert, children’s concert and small ensemble concerts, as well as four full orchestra concerts each year. In addition, the group contributes three $1,000 scholarships annually to high school seniors, along with presenting Youth Achievement Awards to outstanding music students.

CSO’s first CD, “Symphonic Treasures,” was released last year, featuring favorite performances from the previous two seasons. The CD is available by calling CSO at 425-776-4938 and on the CSO Web site, at www.cascadesymphony.org.

CSO’s next concert, “Genius,” featuring the Cascade Chamber Orchestra and Laura DeLuca, clarinet, will be presented Nov. 19 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. The program will feature Purcell/Holst “The Gordian Knot Untied” and Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A major and Symphony No. 29. Tickets are $20 general, $15 seniors and students, available by phone, on the Web, or in person at Edmonds Bookshop, 111 Fifth Ave. South in downtown Edmonds.