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MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM ARMENIAN FOLK TUNES
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 5, 2011 - 13:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Memphis Symphony Orchestra's conductor-less,
style-mixing Opus One concert series takes on the crunk music of Al
Kapone in its season opener on November 10.
"I think the idea is to reach out to the more pop-oriented community
and mix the classical and pop genres," said Sam Shoup, who arranges
pop music for the Opus One concerts. "The interesting thing is you
have symphony patrons and pop patrons getting exposed to genres they
wouldn't normally hear."
Classical pieces on the one and a half hour program include Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony, a chamber arrangement of Shostakovich's Eighth
Quartet and an as yet untitled memorial piece commissioned for Opus
One and written by MSO cellist Jonathan Kirkcey. The piece is based
on Armenian folk tunes, Memphis Daily News reported.
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 5, 2011 - 13:08 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Memphis Symphony Orchestra's conductor-less,
style-mixing Opus One concert series takes on the crunk music of Al
Kapone in its season opener on November 10.
"I think the idea is to reach out to the more pop-oriented community
and mix the classical and pop genres," said Sam Shoup, who arranges
pop music for the Opus One concerts. "The interesting thing is you
have symphony patrons and pop patrons getting exposed to genres they
wouldn't normally hear."
Classical pieces on the one and a half hour program include Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony, a chamber arrangement of Shostakovich's Eighth
Quartet and an as yet untitled memorial piece commissioned for Opus
One and written by MSO cellist Jonathan Kirkcey. The piece is based
on Armenian folk tunes, Memphis Daily News reported.